Vegetation

Most of the original natural vegetation in our area has been changed over the years. However much has regrown and the new vegetation is similar to the original in many areas. The Oak Ridges moraine which separate us from city of Oshawa, Town of Whitby, and the Municipality of Clarington to the south, is also known as the Great Pine Ridge. It has affected our climate, vegetation, and everything around it because of its higher elevation. Its average elevation is approx. 350 metres above sea level. There are plenty of trails, and natural vegetation throughout the Oak Moraine Ridges. There are a wide diversity of trees throughout the Ridges, from hardwoods like Oak, Maple, Ash, Birch, Beech to most members of the softwoods such as White and Red Pine, Spruce, Cedar, Tamarak and Fir. Thi ridge has been re-forested in recent years to help maintain the headwaters of most of the streams flowing to south to Toronto and north to the Kawartha Lakes.

There is a lake located in the heart of Scugog Township called Lake Scugog, which was man made in 1835. Before that it was a low-lying swampy area. There are lots of marshes and swampes throughout Scugog Township, most of them being in low elevation areas, which were formerly Glacial Spillways. There are many Cedar thickets and other valuable wetland vegetation in these areas.

As Scugog has excellent soils, most of the other land is in use for agriculture. However there are many farm woodlots in various stages of regeneration. The typical climax foeest here is composed of Maple, Pine, Ash, Beech, and Oak.

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