. The Canadian field-naturalist. . Figure 2e. Dwarfed spruce along a shoreline of Ptarmigan Lake between Artillery and Clinton-Colden Lakes. munities accorded this name in the Ennadai Lake area and elsewhere. The slopes of the areas are gentle, or may appear virtually flat, but this community is found only where drain- age is sufficient to eliminate the possibility of standing water such as that found in the mea- dows at some period during the summer or at least in spring. Often a tussock muskeg com- munity will be found around the periphery of a low meadow. Here the moss carpet, princi- pally
. The Canadian field-naturalist. . Figure 2e. Dwarfed spruce along a shoreline of Ptarmigan Lake between Artillery and Clinton-Colden Lakes. munities accorded this name in the Ennadai Lake area and elsewhere. The slopes of the areas are gentle, or may appear virtually flat, but this community is found only where drain- age is sufficient to eliminate the possibility of standing water such as that found in the mea- dows at some period during the summer or at least in spring. Often a tussock muskeg com- munity will be found around the periphery of a low meadow. Here the moss carpet, princi- pally Sphagnum, which forms the virtually continuous substrate for the higher plants, is often particularly thick and well-developed. The tussocks of Eriophorum and Carex, how- ever, give the community its distinctive appear- ance and are visible from considerable dis- tances. The tussock muskeg vegetation, in general, extends to the shorelines of the lakes or to the edge of the rare sandy beach. The shoreline species where tussock muskeg edges a lake- shore, particularly in the more northern parts of the study arear, include Carex physocarpa, C. saxatilis, C. stans, Salix herbaceae, Salix spp., Potentilla palustris, BetUla glandulosa, and species of Poa and Calamagrostis. Empe- trum nigrum, Carex bigelowii, and other species occur with lesser frequency. A late snow patch area on a southeast-facing slope at Thanakoie Narrows was covered with a mat of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
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