GEOG 2500 Lecture Notes - Lake Ontario, Firebreak, Vegetative Reproduction
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On sunday, september 30th, my classmates and i participated in a field trip to high park. The purpose of our field trip was to examine one of the last remaining communities of black oak (quercus velutina) savanna communities in ontario1. To clarify, a savanna is a community that has 25% or less of tree covering. Eastern deciduous forest located in the city of toronto, ontario in canada. The soil composition of the area was once part of glacial shoreline, containing sandy, well-drained soils and upland areas. This area was once part of an ancient lake bed which was replaced by lake ontario, and its shoreline went just past st. clair avenue w. and. In some parts of the forest, where ants have dug up some parts of the area, we were able to observe the very well-drained sandy soil composition.
