Classification

• Province: Laurentian Mixed Forest
  • Section: Northern Superior Uplands
    • Subsection: Border Lakes
• System: Fire Dependent Woodland

Description:

• The Alder/Willow Wetland, about 2.5% of the BWCAW by surface area
• Slow moving subsurface water with dense, nearly impenetrable cover of tall shrubs
• Signature Species
• Speckled Alder, Alnus incana
• Willows, Salix spp.

Indicator
Species:

Trees

• Black Spruce, Picea mariana

Shrubs

• Juneberries, Amelanchier spp.
• Willows, Salix spp.
• Bearberry, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
• Low Bush Honeysuckle, Diervilla lonicera
• Wine Leaf Cinquefoil, Potentilla tridentata
• Late Low Blueberry, Vaccinium augustifolium

Herbs

• Everlasting, Antennaria neglecta
• Pearly Everlasting, Anaphalis margaritacea
• Wood Anemone, Anemone Quinquefolia
• Large Leaf Aster, Aster macrophyllus
• Bristly Sarasparilla, Aralia hispida
• Bluebell (Harebell), Campanula rotundifolia
• Pale Corydalis, Corydalis sempervirens
• Canada Mayflower, Maianthemum canadense
• False Solomon Seal, Smilacina racemosa
• Starflower, Trientalis borealis
• Cow Wheat, Melampyrum linare
• Grasses and Sedges

Ground Cover

• Reindeer Mosses, Cladonia spp.
• British Soldiers Lichen,

Landform & Topography:

Soils & Hydrology:

Identification:

• Bare rock surfaces
• About 3.5% of the BWCAW by surface area

Natural
History

• History

Other
Communities:

Last updated on 30 June, 2004