The Frontenac Axis/Arch (GL-SL) Flashcards
What is the formation of rocks in the Frontenac axis?
Granite and gneissic rock
Hillside plants in the Frontenac axis
Rock polypody, marginal shield fern, columbine
Typical Animals
martens, fishers, eastern wolves, red squirrels
Deciduous trees
sugar maple, yellow birch, american beech
What is an example of a spring ephemeral?
Dutchman’s breeches
Shrubs
bladdernut and prickly ash
What moth lays its eggs on prickly ash?
Giant swallowtail
What bird is found on cranberry lake?
Eastern amberwing
What southern mammals are found in the frontenac axis?
eastern gray squirrel and eastern cottontail
Why is the Frontenac Axis warm?
Low elevation, weak lake effect, and it is located on a southern part of the Canadian shield
What birds are found in the frontenac axis?
Yellow throated vireo, blue gray gnatcatcher, cerulean warbler (threatened), Scarlet tanagers, pileated woodpeckers, barn owls
Woodpeckers found in the Frontenac Axis
Southern woodpecker, red headed woodpecker, red bellied woodpecker
What lizard is found in the Frontenac axis
Five lined skink, found on south facing slopes in the Canadian Shield
What snakes are found in the frontenac axis?
eastern ribbon snake is common around beaver ponds, gray rat snake climbs trees (threatened population, habitat has been destroyed)
What rare shrub is found only in the thousand islands area?
Deerberry
What rare kind of pine tree is found in the Frontenac Axis
Pitch pine tree, has clusters of 3 needles and red bark in long strips
Calciphilic plants found in the Frontenac Axis
Maidenhair spleenwort, Purple stemmed cliff brake, poison ivy, white trilliums
What physiographic region does the frontenac axis lie on?
Canadian shield
What coniferous trees are present?
white pines, eastern hemlock
What are some things found in the frontenac axis but not other parts of the Canadian shield?
White oak (has rounded leaves, more southern)
Shagbark hickory (most are confined to the Carolinian zone, has very large nuts)
Bladdernut (shrub)
Prickly ash
Gray squirrel (can be gray or black, northern gray squirrels tend to be black in the frontenac axis)
Eastern cottontail (stays brown year round, smaller feet than snowshoe hare)
Eastern coyotes
What does the Frontenac Axis contain more of than any other part of the GL-SLF. R. on the canadian shield?
Carolinian species
Whats special about the Cerulean warbler and the frontenac axis?
very rare in Ontario but most abundant in Frontenac axis, classified as threatened, only found in Frontenac axis of SLGL FR
What is the only lizard in eastern ON?
Five lined skink
What is one reason the diversity is so rich in the Frontenac Axis?
The marble
