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Lecture 18 Flashcards

1
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Birds in the Prairie GLSL

A
  • Franklin’’s Gull (fish-eating)
  • American Pelican (fish-eating, breeds inland)
  • Yellow-headed Blackbird
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2
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What are the two regions of the GLSL Forest Region on the GLSL physiographic region?

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  • Ottawa-St. Lawrence Lowland (OttSL)

- Great Lakes Lowland (GLL)

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Characteristics - GLSL Forest Region on the GLSL physiographic region

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  • Bedrock is marble/crystalline limestone
  • can find calciphilic plants
  • flat (sedimentary rock, glacial deposits)
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4
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Rivers flowing through the OttSL (2):

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  • Ottawa River

- Mississippi River

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5
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What causes decomposition in the wetlands along the rivers in the OttSL?

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Bacteria (either anaerobic or aerobic)

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6
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Periodic flooding/drawdown

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Cattail marshes are flooded due to melting snow; nutrients/oxygen flow in/out

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7
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Characteristics of marshes

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  • Shallow, lentic systems
  • Type of wetland
  • Dominated by cattails
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Types of cattails

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  • Broadleaf Cattail (native)
  • Narrow-leaved Cattail (non-native)
  • Hybrid is invasive/the most common
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9
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Cattail roots + dead organic matter form a floating mat on water. How is this different from peatlands?

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More decomposition, as the GLSL is warmer

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10
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Animals that eat cattails (2):

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  • Cattail moth

- Muskrat

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11
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Plants in marshes (2):

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  • Marsh fern

- Blue flag/wild iris

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12
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Birds in marshes (6)

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  • Red-winged blackbird
  • Common Yellowthroat
  • Marsh Wren
  • Swamp Sparrow
  • Rails
  • Pied-billed Grebe
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13
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Why are rails (the birds) able to walk through plants in marshes?

Give one example of a rail

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  • Bodies are compressed laterally

Virginia Rail

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14
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Which bird has lobed toes that help it swim through aquatic vegetation?

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Pied-billed Grebe

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15
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3 layers of life in cattail marshes (+ example for each)

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  • Emergents that stick out above water (e.g. cattail)
  • Submergents that are underwater (e.g. greater bladderwort)
  • Floating vegetation on the water’s surface (e.g. duckweed)
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16
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This common marsh damselfly lives on water as larvae:

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Marsh bluet

17
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What is the main predator of dragonflies?

A

Bullfrogs

18
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Dragonflies living in lentic water systems are usually _____

A

skimmers

19
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Turtles in the GLSL (2) - which one is freeze-tolerant?

A
  • Painted turtle (freeze-tolerant in their first winter)

- Snapping turtle (northern limit in GLSL, found in Carolinian)

20
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Cedar Woods/Swamps

A

Mostly wetland, with trees adapted to wet conditions (Eastern White Cedar, Black Ash)
- calcium-rich

21
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How do plants in cedar swamps - which are shady habitats - get food?

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  • Large leaves (e.g. round-leaved orchid)

- Mycorrhizae on roots

22
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This lady’s slipper is found in cedar swamps

A

Yellow lady’s slipper

23
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Most common wetland habitats in the lowlands (2):

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  • Cattail marshes

- Cedar swamps

24
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Why are peatlands rare in the lowlands?

A
  • Higher decomposition rate due to warmer climate

- More nutrients

25
Q

Peatlands in the GLSL are usually (nutrient-)rich ____

A

fens

26
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Orchids found in White Lake Fen (3):

A
  • Rose pogonia
  • Grass pink
  • Arethusa
27
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This dragonfly, found in the White Lake Fen, is the smallest one in N. America:

A

Elfin Skimmer

28
Q

This plant is found only in the White Lake Fen + Richmond Fen - eaten by the ____ Moth Caterpillar

A

Bogbean

29
Q

Other GLSL peatlands

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  • Alfred Bog
  • Mer Bleue
  • Newington Bog
30
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Species in Alfred Bog (2):

A
  • Palm Warbler

- Grey Birch

31
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Species in Mer Bleue (7):

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  • Labrador tea, leatherleaf
  • Pitcher plant
  • Black spruce, tamarack
  • Witch’s broom
  • Spotted turtle
32
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Species in Newington Bog ():

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  • Labrador tea, leatherleaf, bog laurel, rhodora

- Bog Elfin (butterfly)

33
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How did the Champlain Sea affect the OttSL?

A

Left large clay/sand deposits

34
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T/F: there are fossils + clam shells in the sand deposits left by the Champlain Sea

A

True

35
Q

This threatened beetle lives in the white sand of the Slack Road sand dunes

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Ghost Tiger Beetle

36
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This plant lives in the Constance Bay Sands:

A

Orange Milkweed

37
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Why are deposits important for birds?

A

They can create holes in sandbanks and live in them

38
Q

Name two bank-burrowing birds:

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  • Belted Kingfisher

- Bank Swallow

39
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Why are the OttSL and GLL suited for agriculture?

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  • Low, level

- rich soil

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