Carolinian Zone Library

(completed February 2010)

The Short Hills CAP covers approximately 20,000 ha (200 km2) along the southwest shore of Lake Ontario west of the Welland Canal and the City of St. Catharines east to include the Jordan Marsh, lower portions of the Twenty Mile Creek watershed, south to natural...

(completed February 2010)

The Niagara River Corridor CAP area covers approximately 20,000 ha (200 km2) extending between Lake Ontario in the north and Lake Erie in the South. The Welland Canal and the Niagara River form its western and eastern boundaries, respectively. Forest is the...

(completed February 2010)

The Hamilton – Burlington 7E-3 Conservation Action Plan (HBCAP) area covers approximately 21,000 ha (210 km2) of lands at the western tip of Lake Ontario. It includes the waters and wetlands of Hamilton Harbour, Cootes Paradise, as well as the portions of the...

(completed July 2009)

The Essex Forests and Wetlands CAP covers 109,958.6 ha of forests, wetlands, prairies and beaches in the most south-westerly portion of Ontario along the Lake Erie shore. The area supports plants and animals characteristic of the Carolinian Life Zone, many of which...

Choose easy-grow plants native to the Carolinian Zone for projects like garden makeovers, climate-smart yards or lawn replacement at home, on school or office grounds or in community gardens.

Features include:

• Information about various garden types: woodland, water, and...

London Artist Maureen Riley's Carolinian Rhapsody is "a joyous trek across our lovely region of Ontario that abounds with examples of the wonderful flora, fauna, birds and other woodland creatures inhabiting Carolinian Canada". Riley is donated all poster and a portion of limited edition art...

This four page fact sheet was developed to explain how the conservation of Carolinian Canada relates to larger scale issues such as climate change and global biodiversity. The role of the Carolinian Canada Coalition is also explained.