More about wetlands

Here are some resources to help you with your stormwater management improvements and wetlands enhancement. 

The links below are provided for your information:

​Wetlands on My Lands?

• Wetlands on My lands? from Ducks Unlimited Canada (PDF file)

How Much Habitat is Enough?

• How Much Habitat is Enough? from Environment and Climate Change Canada

From Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry:

• Wetland conservation
• What are wetlands?
• Why are wetlands important to us?
• Wetlands in a Watershed Context 
• Wetland Restoration Fact sheet 
• Significant Wetlands and OWES

Plant Identification

• Ontario Wildflowers Identification
• Ontario Grasses, Sedges, Rushes Identification
• Ontario Fern Identification
• Ontario Tree and Shrub Identification
• Michigan Flora website

Invasive Species

• Ontario Invasive Plant Council  
• The Landowner’s Guide to Controlling Invasive Woodland Plants (Kawartha Conservation, 2009) (4 MB - Large PDF file)
• A Guide to the Identification and Control of Exotic invasive Species in Ontario’s Hardwood Forests 2013  (Invasive Species Research Institute) (8 MB - Huge PDF file)

Phragmites australis - Common Reed

Here are some resources about "Canada's worst invasive plant," Phragmites australis subsp. australis (or 'European Common Reed' or 'Invasive Phragmites'):

• A Landowner's Guide to Phragmites Control (6 MB - Huge PDF file) (Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, 1994)

• Phragmites australis - European Common Reed - Lake Huron Centre for Coastal Conservation

• Invasive Phragmites – Best Management Practices 2011 - Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Invasive Phragmites – Best Management Practices, Peterborough, Ontario. Version 2011.17 pp. (2 MB - Large PDF file)

• A fact sheet on Phragmites for agricultural producers and other rural landowners (Lambton Shores Phragmites Community Group)

Buckthorn

Another one of Ontario's most unwanted invasive plant species:

• Common Buckthorn: One of Ontario's Most Unwanted Invasive Plant Species (PDF file) - Ontario Invasive Plant Council

Giant Hogweed

• Giant Hogweed: Best Management Practices in Ontario (PDF file) - Ontario Invasive Plant Council

Some Local Native Plant Nurseries

• Native Plant Nurseries - St. Williams, Ontario (Norfolk County)
• Verbinnens (Dundas, Ontario)
• Lambton Wildlife (native plant sales and rescue native plant events)
• Native Plant Source - Kitchener, Ontario

*Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority does not endorse any product or service provider. These are provided as a starting reference for some local plant nurseries and there are many other options available.

For other resources visit the other pages of the Ausable Bayfield Conservation website:

• Ausable Bayfield Conservation

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