Lecture 17

Question 1

Thousand Islands National Park

Answer 1

Rocks are not layered, they are granite and gneissic rock

Question 2

Rock polypody

Answer 2

likes Canadian Shield rock, found here in a disjunct population

Question 3

Marginal shield fern

Answer 3

likes rocky hillside, acidic rock primarily. On the margins of this plant are the spore cages

Question 4

Common trees

Answer 4

Sugar maple, yellow birch, american beech, eastern hemlock, pines

Question 5

Spring ephemerals

Answer 5

dutchmans breeches,

Question 6

birds

Answer 6

scarlet tanagers, pileated woodpecker, barn owls

Question 7

Shrubs

Answer 7

bladdernut and prickly ash

Question 8

Where do giant swallowtails lay their eggs?

Answer 8

Prickly ash shrubs

Question 9

Where are eastern amberwings found

Answer 9

Cranberry Lake

Question 10

Eastern gray squirrel

Answer 10

many appear black but some are gray

Question 11

Why is it warmer in the axis?

Answer 11

Lower elevation, weak lake effect, and it is a southern part of the Canadian Shield

Question 12

Yellow throated Vireo

Answer 12

common here, much larger than the red throated vireo that is also found here

Question 13

Tiny bird found here?

Answer 13

Blue gray gnatcatcher

Question 14

Rare threatened bird found here?

Answer 14

Cerulean Warbler

Question 15

Eastern Ribbon Snakes

Answer 15

common around beaver ponds

Question 16

Gray Rat Snake

Answer 16

Up to 2m long, can climb trees. Threatened population, habitat has been destroyed.

Question 17

Deerberry

Answer 17

Only found in the axis, very rare in Canada, species at risk

Question 18

Pitch pine trees

Answer 18

Rare in Canada, pinky bark, in long strips.

Question 19

Calciphillic plants

Answer 19

maidenhair spleenwort, poison ivy, trilliums

Question 20

Superior gl st l egion

Answer 20

primarily metamorphic rocks. White and red pine and sugar maples are most common here.

Question 21

Red breasted merganser

Answer 21

loves the superior glsl region, NOT an indicator species

Question 22

Prairie glsl region

Answer 22

Wind effect is strong, rocky precambrian rocks, metamorphosed limestone, vrey flat region, although it is on the Canadian shield. Glacial lake agassiz left behind piles of sediments, resulting in flattened land. Low in elevation.