Trees
What is a deciduous tree?
A deciduous tree is a tree that loses all its leaves at the end of each growing season, typically in the fall
What is The Yukon's Territorial flower?
Fireweed
What is the most common fish we have on site?
Arctic Grayling
Porcupine herd (caribou)
What is a dabbling duck?
Definition not example
Dabbling ducks or dabblers are the familiar puddle ducks of freshwater shallow wetlands. They seldom dive,
preferring to feed mainly by tipping tail-up to reach aquatic vegetation and invertebrates. They require no running to take off, but spring directly into flight.
No points unless explaining where they spend time AND how the gather food
What is a type is the most common type of coniferous tree on site?
White or black Spruce
No points for just spruce
Name a poisonous plant found on site?
False Hellebore, Water hemlock, Monks hood.
(No point for poison ivy)
When do Grayling hatch?
April and May
What is a spirit bear's real name?
Kermode bear
What is the name of the type of sheep found in Faro and how do they look like?
Fannin's sheep are a hybrid between the dark- coloured Stone's Sheep of the south, and the white- coloured Dall's Sheep in the north. After the last ice age, the two colours of thinhorn sheep met, and created Fannin's sheep. Faro is one of the few places you can easily see these unique sheep.
Name the most common deciduous tree in the town of Faro
What does SARA stand for in biology?
Species at Risk Act
What do Grayling eggs look like and describe the environment they like to spawn?
They are light yellow/ tan, mall, about 3mm in diameter, and are deposited in shallow, gravelly areas with moderate current
What are baby rabbits called?
Kits
What is the most common duck seen on site last year?
Mallard
How deep do spruce tree roots go?
around 2 meters
What is 1 of the 5 plant species considered at risk under our wildlife and vegetation act?
-Yukon draba
-Baikal sedge
-Spiked saxifrage
-Yukon podistera
-Yukon wild buckwheat
What type of sculpin do we have on site?
Slimy Sculpin
What land mammal has the most teeth?
The Giant Armadillo! It can grow up to 100 teeth!
What is the only endangered animal found on site classified under SARA / COSEWIC?
Little brown myotis
(Myotis lucifugus) - Brown bat
When are we not allowed to cut branches on trees?
May 4 to August 22 - points given for early may to late august
Some plants can filter and absorb metals in water and soil, what is this process called?
Phytoremediation
Where do we have a fish monitoring program in the winter on site?
Over-wintering ponds - monitor Dissolved oxygen
What were chainsaws first invented for?
Child birth - They were developed in Scotland in the late 18th Century to help aid and speed up the process of symphysiotomy (widening the pubic cartilage), and the removal of disease-laden bone during childbirth.
Barn swallows, found at site are under what kind of classification under the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC)?
Endangered? Threatened? Special concern? Not at risk?
Special concern