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Index of Subjects --980202461-2040106931-1378471499=:60940 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Interesting stuff Fred Thanks=0ABoth Blandings Turtles and Buttonbush seem = to occur near each=0Aother but I am not sure of any connection. It is a lot= easier to=0Afind Buttonbush than Turtles.=0ALots of good stuff to study la= tter.=0AThe places where I find buttonbush are remarkable similar.=0AIn pla= ces along the river that have less variation in water levels=0Athan most of= the river and the areas tend not to dry out=0Ain the summer. Anyway someth= ing to watch=0APaul=0A =0A=0A________________________________=0A From: Fred= Schueler <bckcdb@istar.ca>=0ATo: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca =0ASent: Thursday= , September 5, 2013 5:16:17 PM=0ASubject: Re: [NatureNS] Buttonbush in Poin= t Pleasant Park=0A =0A=0AOn 9/5/2013 2:37 PM, Paul MacDonald wrote:=0A=0A>= Buttonbush is not all that uncommon in south west NS.=0A> I have came upon= it in a few locations - sometimes=0A> extensive stands. Remarkable what yo= u find when you get=0A> out on the stillwaters!=0A=0A* Hudsonia has found a= n association between Buttonbush and Blanding's =0Aturtles in the southern = Hudson Valley, so this might be something to =0Alook out for in SW NS.=A0 -= =0Ahttp://hudsonia.org/programs/conservation-ecology/blandings-turtle/natu= ral-history/=0A-=0Ahttp://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/4495218?uid=3D3739= 448&uid=3D2129&uid=3D2&uid=3D70&uid=3D3737720&uid=3D4&sid=3D21102586151091= =0A- "We studied Blanding's turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) microhabitat in = =0Anatural wetlands and wetlands constructed for the turtles in Dutchess = =0ACounty, New York, USA. ... Microhabitat was determined by radiotracking = =0Aindividuals to their exact locations and recording habitat variables. = =0ABlanding's turtles were associated with shallow water depths, muck =0Asu= bstrates, and areas of abundant vegetation. Buttonbush (Cephalanthus =0Aocc= identalis) had the greatest mean total cover (29%). In the =0Aconstructed w= etlands, Blanding's turtles were associated with =0Asignificantly less cove= r and warmer water than in the natural wetlands. =0ABlanding's turtles appe= ared to be using the constructed wetlands to bask =0Aand forage in the spri= ng and early summer but moved to deeper wetlands =0Ain late summer when the= constructed wetlands dried up or became too =0Awarm. For Blanding's turtle= s, new habitat should contain abundant =0Aemergent vegetation (including bu= ttonbush in Dutchess County and other =0Aareas where the turtles are known = to use buttonbush swamps), basking =0Aareas, muck, floating plant material,= and submerged aquatic vegetation. =0ABlanding's turtle's use of constructe= d wetlands highlights the value of =0Aa complex of connected wetland habita= ts in providing for the varied =0Aneeds of the turtle."=0A=0A=0A- fred.=0A-= -----------------------------------------------------------=0A=A0 =A0 =A0 = =A0 =A0 Frederick W. Schueler & Aleta Karstad=0ABishops Mills Natural Histo= ry Centre - http://pinicola.ca/bmnhc.htm=0AMudpuppy Night in Oxford Mills -= http://pinicola.ca/mudpup1.htm=0ADaily Paintings - http://karstaddailypain= tings.blogspot.com/=0A=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 RR#2 Bishops Mills, Ontario, Cana= da K0G 1T0=0A=A0 on the Smiths Falls Limestone Plain 44* 52'N 75* 42'W=0A= =A0 =A0 (613)258-3107 <bckcdb at istar.ca> http://pinicola.ca/=0A----------= -------------------------------------------------- --980202461-2040106931-1378471499=:60940 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:ar= ial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14pt"><div><span>Interesting stuff Fre= d Thanks</span></div><div><span>Both Blandings Turtles and Buttonbush seem = to occur near each</span></div><div><span>other but I am not sure of any co= nnection. It is a lot easier to</span></div><div><span>find Buttonbush than= Turtles.</span></div><div><span>Lots of good stuff to study latter.</span>= </div><div><span>The places where I find buttonbush are remarkable similar.= </span></div><div><span>In places along the river that have less variation = in water levels</span></div><div><span>than most of the river and the areas= tend not to dry out</span></div><div><span>in the summer. Anyway something= to watch</span></div><div><span>Paul</span></div><div><br></div> <div sty= le=3D"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <div st= yle=3D"font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <div class=3D"hr" style=3D"margin: 5px 0px; padd= ing: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; line-height: 0= ; font-size: 0px;" contenteditable=3D"false" readonly=3D"true"></div> <fon= t face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"> <b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">From:</s= pan></b> Fred Schueler <bckcdb@istar.ca><br> <b><span style=3D"font-w= eight: bold;">To:</span></b> naturens@chebucto.ns.ca <br> <b><span style=3D= "font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, September 5, 2013 5:16:17 P= M<br> <b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Nature= NS] Buttonbush in Point Pleasant Park<br> </font> </div> <div class=3D"y_ms= g_container"><br>On 9/5/2013 2:37 PM, Paul MacDonald wrote:<br><br>> But= tonbush is not all that uncommon in south west NS.<br>> I have came upon= it in a few locations - sometimes<br>> extensive stands. Remarkable wha= t you find when you get<br>> out on the stillwaters!<br><br>* Hudsonia h= as found an association between Buttonbush and Blanding's <br>turtles in the southern = Hudson Valley, so this might be something to <br>look out for in SW NS.&nbs= p; - <br><a href=3D"http://hudsonia