en.unionpedia.org

Oak Hammock Marsh, the Glossary

Oak Hammock Marsh is a marsh and a wildlife management area located north of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.^[1]

58 relations: American herring gull, American white pelican, Andropogon gerardi, Bald eagle, Black tern, Black-crowned night heron, Black-necked grebe, Blue-winged teal, Canada, Canada goose, Canvasback, Cereal, Ducks Unlimited Canada, Fen, Forster's tern, Franklin's gull, Gadwall, Hesperostipa spartea, Hudsonian godwit, Important Bird Area, Lake Winnipeg, Lesser scaup, Liatris ligulistylis, Lilium philadelphicum, List of wildlife management areas in Manitoba, Mallard, Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation and Climate, Marsh, Northern harrier, Northern pintail, Northern shoveler, Panicum virgatum, Phragmites australis, Ramsar site, Red-winged blackbird, Redhead (bird), Ruddy duck, Rural Municipality of Rockwood, Rural Municipality of St. Andrews, Sand martin, Sandhill crane, Schizachyrium scoparium, Schoenoplectus, Scirpus, Short-billed dowitcher, Short-eared owl, Snow goose, Snowy owl, Sporobolus michauxianus, ... Expand index (8 more) »
Important Bird Areas of Manitoba
Marshes of Canada
Nature centres in Manitoba
Ramsar sites in Canada
Wetlands of Manitoba
Wildlife management areas of Manitoba

American herring gull

The American herring gull or Smithsonian gull (Larus smithsonianus or Larus argentatus smithsonianus) is a large gull that breeds in North America, where it is treated by the American Ornithological Society as a subspecies of herring gull (L. argentatus).

See Oak Hammock Marsh and American herring gull

American white pelican

The American white pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) is a large aquatic soaring bird from the order Pelecaniformes.

See Oak Hammock Marsh and American white pelican

Andropogon gerardi

Andropogon gerardi, commonly known as big bluestem, is a species of tall grass native to much of the Great Plains and grassland regions of central and eastern North America.

See Oak Hammock Marsh and Andropogon gerardi

Bald eagle

The bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) is a bird of prey found in North America.

See Oak Hammock Marsh and Bald eagle

Black tern

The black tern (Chlidonias niger) is a small tern generally found in or near inland water that breeds in Europe, Western Asia and North America.

See Oak Hammock Marsh and Black tern

Black-crowned night heron

The black-crowned night-heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), or black-capped night-heron, commonly shortened to just night-heron in Eurasia, is a medium-sized heron found throughout a large part of the world, including parts of Europe, Asia, and North and South America.

See Oak Hammock Marsh and Black-crowned night heron

Black-necked grebe

The black-necked grebe or eared grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) is a member of the grebe family of water birds.

See Oak Hammock Marsh and Black-necked grebe

Blue-winged teal

The blue-winged teal (Spatula discors) is a species of bird in the duck, goose, and swan family Anatidae.

See Oak Hammock Marsh and Blue-winged teal

Canada

Canada is a country in North America.

See Oak Hammock Marsh and Canada

Canada goose

The Canada goose (Branta canadensis), sometimes called Canadian goose, is a large wild goose with a black head and neck, white cheeks, white under its chin, and a brown body.

See Oak Hammock Marsh and Canada goose

Canvasback

The canvasback (Aythya valisineria) is a species of diving duck, the largest found in North America.

See Oak Hammock Marsh and Canvasback

Cereal

A cereal is a grass cultivated for its edible grain.

See Oak Hammock Marsh and Cereal

Ducks Unlimited Canada

Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) is a Canadian non-profit environmental organization that works to conserve, create, restore and manage Canadian wetlands and associated uplands in order to provide healthy ecosystems that support North American waterfowl, other wildlife and people.

See Oak Hammock Marsh and Ducks Unlimited Canada

Fen

A fen is a type of peat-accumulating wetland fed by mineral-rich ground or surface water.

See Oak Hammock Marsh and Fen

Forster's tern

Forster's tern (Sterna forsteri) is a tern in the family Laridae.

See Oak Hammock Marsh and Forster's tern

Franklin's gull

Franklin's gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan) is a small (length 12.6–14.2 in, 32–36 cm) gull.

See Oak Hammock Marsh and Franklin's gull

Gadwall

The gadwall (Mareca strepera) is a common and widespread dabbling duck in the family Anatidae.

See Oak Hammock Marsh and Gadwall

Hesperostipa spartea

Hesperostipa spartea, formerly Stipa spartea, is a species of grass known by the common names porcupine grass, western porcupine grass, short-awn porcupine grass, porcupine needlegrass, and big needlegrass.

See Oak Hammock Marsh and Hesperostipa spartea

Hudsonian godwit

The Hudsonian godwit (Limosa haemastica) is a large shorebird in the sandpiper family, Scolopacidae.

See Oak Hammock Marsh and Hudsonian godwit

Important Bird Area

An Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA) is an area identified using an internationally agreed set of criteria as being globally important for the conservation of bird populations.

See Oak Hammock Marsh and Important Bird Area

Lake Winnipeg

Lake Winnipeg (Lac Winnipeg) is a very large, relatively shallow lake in North America, in the province of Manitoba, Canada. Oak Hammock Marsh and lake Winnipeg are lakes of Manitoba.

See Oak Hammock Marsh and Lake Winnipeg

Lesser scaup

The lesser scaup (Aythya affinis) is a small North American diving duck that migrates south as far as Central America in winter.

See Oak Hammock Marsh and Lesser scaup

Liatris ligulistylis

Liatris ligulistylis (Rocky Mountain blazing star, northern plains blazing star, or meadow blazing star) is a flowering plant of the family Asteraceae, native to the central United States and central Canada.

See Oak Hammock Marsh and Liatris ligulistylis

Lilium philadelphicum

Lilium philadelphicum, also known as the wood lily, flame lily, Philadelphia lily, prairie lily, or western red lily, is a perennial species of lily native to North America.

See Oak Hammock Marsh and Lilium philadelphicum

List of wildlife management areas in Manitoba

This is a list of wildlife management areas in the Canadian province of Manitoba. Oak Hammock Marsh and list of wildlife management areas in Manitoba are wildlife management areas of Manitoba.

See Oak Hammock Marsh and List of wildlife management areas in Manitoba

Mallard

The mallard or wild duck (Anas platyrhynchos) is a dabbling duck that breeds throughout the temperate and subtropical Americas, Eurasia, and North Africa.

See Oak Hammock Marsh and Mallard

Manitoba

Manitoba is a province of Canada at the longitudinal centre of the country.

See Oak Hammock Marsh and Manitoba

Manitoba Conservation and Climate

Manitoba Environment and Climate Change (or Department of Environment and Climate Change, label; formerly the Department of Conservation and Climate) is a department of the Government of Manitoba that is responsible for the management and protection of Manitoba's wildlife, water, species at risk, forestry, and other matters related to environmental stewardship and Manitoba's biodiversity of natural resources.

See Oak Hammock Marsh and Manitoba Conservation and Climate

Marsh

In ecology, a marsh is a wetland that is dominated by herbaceous plants rather than by woody plants.

See Oak Hammock Marsh and Marsh

Northern harrier

The northern harrier (Circus hudsonius), also known as the marsh hawk or ring-tailed hawk, is a bird of prey.

See Oak Hammock Marsh and Northern harrier

Northern pintail

The pintail or northern pintail (Anas acuta) is a duck species with wide geographic distribution that breeds in the northern areas of Europe and across the Palearctic and North America.

See Oak Hammock Marsh and Northern pintail

Northern shoveler

The northern shoveler (Spatula clypeata), known simply in Britain as the shoveler, is a common and widespread duck.

See Oak Hammock Marsh and Northern shoveler

Panicum virgatum

Panicum virgatum, commonly known as switchgrass, is a perennial warm season bunchgrass native to North America, where it occurs naturally from 55°N latitude in Canada southwards into the United States and Mexico.

See Oak Hammock Marsh and Panicum virgatum

Phragmites australis

Phragmites australis, known as the common reed, is a species of flowering plant in the grass family Poaceae.

See Oak Hammock Marsh and Phragmites australis

Ramsar site

A Ramsar site is a wetland site designated to be of international importance under the Ramsar Convention,.

See Oak Hammock Marsh and Ramsar site

Red-winged blackbird

The red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) is a passerine bird of the family Icteridae found in most of North America and much of Central America.

See Oak Hammock Marsh and Red-winged blackbird

Redhead (bird)

The redhead (Aythya americana) is a medium-sized diving duck.

See Oak Hammock Marsh and Redhead (bird)

Ruddy duck

The ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) is a duck from North America and one of the stiff-tailed ducks.

See Oak Hammock Marsh and Ruddy duck

Rural Municipality of Rockwood

Rockwood is a rural municipality (RM) lying north of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

See Oak Hammock Marsh and Rural Municipality of Rockwood

Rural Municipality of St. Andrews

St.

See Oak Hammock Marsh and Rural Municipality of St. Andrews

Sand martin

The sand martin (Riparia riparia), also known as the bank swallow (in the Americas), collared sand martin, or common sand martin, is a migratory passerine bird in the swallow family.

See Oak Hammock Marsh and Sand martin

Sandhill crane

The sandhill crane (Antigone canadensis) is a species of large crane of North America and extreme northeastern Siberia.

See Oak Hammock Marsh and Sandhill crane

Schizachyrium scoparium

Schizachyrium scoparium, commonly known as little bluestem or beard grass, is a species of North American prairie grass native to most of the contiguous United States (except California, Nevada, and Oregon) as well as a small area north of the Canada–US border and northern Mexico.

See Oak Hammock Marsh and Schizachyrium scoparium

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_Hammock_Marsh

, Stonewall, Manitoba, Tundra swan, Typha, Western grebe, White-rumped sandpiper, Willow, Yellow-headed blackbird, Zizia aptera.

Oak Hammock Marsh, the Glossary

Table of Contents

See also

Important Bird Areas of Manitoba

Marshes of Canada

Nature centres in Manitoba

Ramsar sites in Canada

Wetlands of Manitoba

Wildlife management areas of Manitoba

References