KnobVegetation around the exposed shield rock was a primarily mixed deciduous and coniferous tree. White spruce and Balsam Fir dominated the area along with Red Oak and White Birch, long grasses and various shrubs. Lily pads and Cattails (0.8m tall) are in the swamp and mosses and ferns blanket the boundary between open water and forest floor. The exposed bedrock of the Knob is covered in lichen and moss. One to two centimeter high, dark green moss that required little soil and grew in the depressions in the rock was identified as Hair Cap moss. Reindeer lichen was also identified. It was six to ten centimeters tall, required little soil, and grew next to the Hair Cap moss. Young vegetation and dead tree trunks make a portion of the swampland relatively new. Vegetation of this type is common around Ontario at this latitude. Part II: Bridgenorth Esker, Burnham Park, and the Rice Lake Drumlin.Most of the forest surrounding the Bridgenorth esker appeared to be replanted or is new growth. The trees are only ten to fifteen years old and the undergrowth shows little age variation. Undergrowth was less dense around the esker, where deciduous tree dominated, and was denser on the esker, where coniferous tree dominated. This may be because the fine needles of coniferous trees allow more light to penetrate to the undergrowth. The Mark S. Burnham Park was unique because it contained an old growth drumlin forest. The undergrowth was not a dense as expected and was comprised of saplings, ferns, and mosses. A variety of decomposing trees littered the forest floor as a sign of the old age of the forest. The park was largely deciduous trees, particularly Red Maple, Hemlock, Ironwood, Sugar Maple, Beech, and Basswood. Some spruce trees also populated the area. A small sample of tree trunk diameters was taken at each site this day and provided in Table 2. The stop between Burnham Park and the Rice Lake drumlin provided another look ...
