It is protected by law in Ontario and National Parks. This plant is usually found along roadsides or trails. Each leaf has three pointed leaflets. The edges of the leaflets are smooth or slightly toothed. Leaf colour is reddish in spring, dull satin green in summer, and various shades of yellow, orange, red or bronze in autumn.
Pets harass the wildlife.
Dogs can run deer to exhaustion and death especially in the spring when the deer are weak from lack of food. Dogs and cats have been known to molest and injure chipmunks and birds. Georgian Bay Islands National Park was officially established in December 1929. No, it has never been called Beausoleil Island National Park. This was displayed on the hillside near Cedar Spring from 1931-70.