ALUS LAURENTIDES - Species at Risk Interactive Guide

HARVESTING KNOWLEDGE

Click on the habitat icons to learn more about the recommended practices to support Species at risk in Outaouais- Laurentides-Laval-Montréal.

Grasslands and Pastures

Marginal Habitats

Annual and Specialty Cropland

The vulnerable species map shows where these species have been sighted in Quebec.

Anthropogenic Structures

Wetlands and Waterbodies

Woodlands

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Annual and Specialty Cropland

Recommended Practices

Definition

• Reduce pesticide and fertilizer use (integrated pest management and/or soil health approach)
• Adapt the ploughing period (plough mainly in the fall)
• Prioritize intercropping and/or reduced tillage (also helps reduce pesticide use)

• Plant flower strips
• Plant cover crops, e.g., fall cereals

Annual and specialty cropland includes crops that must be sown every year (corn, soybeans, certain fruit and vegetable crops) and perennial crops (fruit trees, berries).

Associated Habitats

• Annual Cultures
• Vegetable andornamental crops

• Fruit Bushes
• Orchards

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Annual and Specialty Cropland

Species at risk in this habitat

MAMMALS

• Eastern red bat
• Silver-haired bat
• Hoary bat
• Northern myotis
• Little brown myotis
• Tri-colored bat

ARTHROPODS

• Nine-spotted lady beetle
• Yellow-banded bumble bee
• Rusty-patched bumble bee
• Gypsy cuckoo bumble bee

Grasslands and Pastures

Recommended Practices

Definition

• Maintain grasslands for 4 to 5 years, or even longer
• Maintain pastures with limited livestock density
• Grow perennial crops
• Delay the first haying until after July 15 (uncut reserves)
• Modify mowing practices (work from the inside of the field outward with or without a flushing bar, increase mowing height to over 10 cm, reduce speed to 10 km/h)
• Rotate and/or maintain ungrazed plots (delay grazing until after July 1 in pastures or plots with nests)

Grasslands are grass-covered areas dedicated to grazing or fodder production. Pastures are areas reserved for livestock, which feed there according to a seasonal or permanent cycle.

Associated Habitats

• Pastures
• Meadows
• Hayfields

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Grasslands and Pastures

Species at risk in this habitat

BIRDS

• Eastern grasshopper sparrow
• Eastern whip-poor-will
• Common nighthawk
• Bobolink
• Short-eared owl
• Barn swallow
• Loggerhead shrike
• Eastern meadowlark

MAMMALS

• Eastern red bat
• Silver-haired bat
• Hoary bat
• Northern myotis
• Little brown myotis
• Tri-colored bat

ARTHROPODS

• Nine-spotted lady beetle
• Yellow-banded bumble bee
• Rusty-patched bumble bee
• Monarch
• Gypsy cuckoo bumble bee

REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS

• Eastern milksnake
• Western chorus frog
• Wood turtle
• Midland and eastern painted turtle
• Snapping turtle

Marginal Habitats

Recommended Practices

Definition

Marginal areas are those that are less productive due to a number of factors, such as soil quality, location, and profitability.

• Maintain marginal habitats (herbaceous and/or shrubby fallow land)
• Plant biodiverse windbreaks
• Plant flower strips
• Reforest agricultural corridors that are inaccessible for agricultural purposes

• Reduce or avoid drainage near marginal habitats
• Control invasive alien species

Associated Habitats

• Windbreaks
• Hedgerows

• Isolated trees
• Fallow land
• Flower meadows
• Agricultural corridors
• Ditches

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Marginal Habitats

Species at risk in this habitat

BIRDS

• Eastern grasshopper sparrow
• Eastern whip-poor-will
• Common nighthawk
• Bobolink
• Short-eared owl
• Barn swallow
• Golden-winged warbler
• Loggerhead shrike
• Eastern meadowlark

MAMMALS

• Eastern red bat
• Silver-haired bat
• Hoary bat
• Northern myotis
• Little brown myotis
• Tri-colored bat

ARTHROPODS

• Nine-spotted lady beetle
• Yellow-banded bumble bee
• Rusty-patched bumble bee
• Monarch
• Gypsy cuckoo bumble bee

REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS

• Eastern milksnake
• Western chorus frog
• Wood turtle
• Northern map turtle
• Blanding’s turtle
• Midland and eastern painted turtle
• Snapping turtle

Wetlands and Waterbodies

Recommended Practices

Definition

Wetlands are areas saturated with water or flooded for prolonged periods, which affects the soil and vegetation. These ecosystems are extremely biodiverse. Waterbodies include rivers, lakes, and estuaries. Water is present most of the time, but they may occasionally dry out.

• Create riparian buffers with grasses, shrubs, and/or trees
• Maintain wetlands and ponds
• Follow regulations relating to riparian buffers
• Create, improve, or restore swampland, wetlands and ponds
• Control invasive alien species

Associated Habitats

• Swamps
• Peatland
• Ponds
• Marshes

• Riparian Buffers
• Floodplains
• Watercourses
• Irrigation Ponds

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Wetlands and Waterbodies

Species at risk in this habitat

BIRDS

• Eastern whip-poor-will
• Short-eared owl
• Bank swallow
• Barn swallow
• Least bittern
• Red-headed woodpecker

MAMMALS

• Eastern red bat
• Silver-haired bat
• Hoary bat
• Northern myotis
• Little brown myotis
• Tri-colored bat

ARTHROPODS

• Nine-spotted lady beetle
• Yellow-banded bumble bee
• Rusty-patched bumble bee
• Monarch
• Gypsy cuckoo bumble bee

REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS

• Western chorus frog
• Wood turtle
• Northern map turtle
• Spiny softshell
• Blanding’s turtle
• Midland and eastern painted turtle
• Snapping turtle

Woodlands

Recommended Practices

Definition

• Maintain forests
• Preserve dead and/or ageing trees standing in isolation or in wooded areas
• Implement enhanced forest management plans and specific silvicultural treatments (perform felling outside the nesting period)

Woodlands are ecosystems of varying sizes made up of diverse tree and plant species. They provide an ideal habitat for wildlife.

Associated Habitats

• Hardwood forests
• Mixed forests
• Dead trees on the ground
• Snags

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Woodlands

Species at risk in this habitat

BIRDS

• Eastern whip-poor-will
• Wood thrush
• Evening grosbeak
• Chimney swift
• Golden-winged warbler
• Canada warbler
• Olive-sided flycatcher
• Red-headed woodpecker
• Eastern wood-pewee

MAMMALS

• Eastern red bat
• Silver-haired bat
• Hoary bat
• Northern myotis
• Little brown myotis
• Tri-colored bat

ARTHROPODS

• Yellow-banded bumble bee
• Rusty-patched bumble bee
• Gypsy cuckoo bumble bee
• Nine-spotted lady beetle

REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS

• Eastern milksnake
• Wood turtle

Anthropogenic Structures

Recommended Practices

Preserve, install, or maintain artificial shelters :

• Barns or other buildings

• Openings in barns or other buildings
• Egg-laying sites
• Hibernacula
• Nesting boxes

Definition

Anthropogenic structures are constructions that are built by humans with or without the express purpose of supporting wildlife.

Associated Habitats

• Buildings
• Perches
• Hibernacula
• Nesting boxes

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Anthropogenic Structures

Species at risk in this habitat

BIRDS

• Bank swallow
• Barn swallow
• Chimney swift
• Loggerhead shrike
• Eastern meadowlark

MAMMALS

• Northern myotis
• Little brown myotis
• Tri-colored bat

REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS

• Eastern milksnake
• Wood turtle
• Northern map turtle
• Midland and eastern painted turtle
• Snapping turtle

ARTHROPODS

• Yellow-banded bumble bee
• Rusty-patched bumble bee
• Gypsy cuckoo bumble bee