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If you would like to express your support of the heritage status of Mountain Locks Park, please refer to the following contacts: Dr. Richard M. Alway Chairman and Ontario Representative, Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada 5th Floor, (25-5-O) 25 Eddy Street Gatineau, Quebec K1A 0M5 E-mail: hsmbc-clmhc@pc.gc.ca Toll-free phone: 1-855-283-8730 Facsimile: (819) 934-1115 Mr. Rick Dykstra Member of Parliament, St. Catharines 61 Geneva Street St. Catharines, Ontario L2R 4M6 Phone (St. Catharines Office): (905) 934-6767 Phone (Ottawa Office: (613) 992-3352 Website: http://www.rickdykstra.ca/

MOUNTAIN LOCKS PARK QUICK ReSPONSe TRAILS

Native Coniferous Visual Screen

A TrAil by Fire

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Invasive Plants of Natural Habitats in Canada: An Integrated Review of Wetland and Upland Species and Legislation Governing their Control (1999), Environment Canada.
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Native Deciduous Forest

Sustaining Biodiversity: A Strategic Plan for Managing Invasive Plants in Southern Ontario (2002), Havinga, D., and Ontario Invasive Plants Working Group.
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For more information please scan the folloing Quick Response (QR) code with a compatible device, such as a smartphone equipped with a QR scanning application.

Species at Risk Act: Schedule 1 (Subsections 2(1), 42(2), and 68(2)) List of Wildlife Species At Risk (2002), Government of Canada, Queens Printer for Canada, Ottawa.
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Trees in Canada (1995), Farrar, J.L., Fitzhenry & Whiteside Ltd., Markham.
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Planting the Seed: A Guide to Establishing Prairie and Meadow Communities in Southern Ontario (2000), Environment Canada.
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Native Eastern Tallgrass Prairie

DREW GRAHAM + DESIREE VALADARES, 2011

The park (in white) and its immediate surroundings.

exISTINg INvASIve SPeCIeS TO be ReMOved1,2

A plant is invasive if it moves into a habitat and reproduces so aggressively that it displaces some of the original components of the vegetative community. - Environment Canada 1 TReeS Manitoba maple (Acer negundo) Norway maple (Acer platanoides) European buckthorn, common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) willow, various species (Salix spp.) These species aggressively take over their habitat and adjacent habitats and can be very difficult to control.2 gRASSeS Turfgrass Traditional turf consumes much of the precipitation and is high maintenance, both of which have negative environmental conseques.2
(Fraxinus quadrangulata)

NATIve deCIdUOUS SPeCIeS TO be INTROdUCed

These trees either Endangered, of Special Concern or are specifically native to the Niagara Region4. They will provide a canopy cover .

blue ash

(Juglans cinerea)

butternut

(Liriodendron tulipifera)

tuliptree

(Magnolia acuminata)

cucumbertree endAngered3

(Quercus muehlenbergii)

chinquapin oak niAgArA-SpeciFic4

SpeciAl concern3

endAngered3

niAgArA-SpeciFic4

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Native Eastern Tallgrass Prairie Sparse Native Deciduous Forest Dense Native Deciduous Forest (including native edge species) Native Coniferous Visual Screen

NATIve CONIfeROUS SPeCIeS TO be INTROdUCed

These evergreens will provide a visual screen between park users and the industrial land uses to the north and east of the site.

NATIve fOReST edge SPeCIeS TO be INTROdUCed

These small trees and large shrubs will be planted along the south edge of the forest and provide showy colour and provide food for birds .

NATIve eASTeRN TALLgRASS PRAIRIe SPeCIeS TO be INTROdUCed

Grasses, wildflowers, and forbs comprising tallgrass priarie provide showy colour, and food and habitat for insects and small mammals.5 grASS SpecieS5 big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) Canada wild rye (Elymus canadensis) indian grass (Sorghastrum nutans) WildFloWer And Forb SpecieS5 butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) showy tick-trefoil (Desmodium canadense) dense blazing star (Liatris spicata) wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) gray goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis) ApproximATe HeigHT 3.0+ m 1.3 m 2.5 m FloWer colour orange/yellow pink purple white yellow golden

pagoda dogwood
(Cornus alternifolia)

staghorn sumac
(Rhus typhina)

white spruce
(Picea glauca)

eastern white pine

(Pinus Strobus)

Canadian hemlock
(Tsuga canadensis)

common which-hazel
(Hamamelis virginiana)

sweet viburnum
(Rhus typhina)