Sifton Bog

Yankin Sifton Bog mai Muhimmancin Muhalli wuri ne mai laushi wanda birnin London, Ontario da Upper Thames River Conservation Authority ke gudanarwa a tare. Tana yammacin Hyde Park Road da kudancin Oxford Street a cikin iyakokin birni na London, Kudancin Ontario, Kanada. Yana da wani Class 2 lardin muhimmanci wetland.

Kafin shekara ta 1967 ana kiran yankin "Byron Bog", tun da yake a wannan lokacin yana cikin iyakokin ƙauyen Byron, amma an sake masa suna bayan bayar da ƙasar ta "Sifton Properties Limited". Koyaya, ya sami jerin canje-canje na suna kafin wannan lokacin kuma, ana kiransa da suna Foster's Bog da Redmond's Bog a cikin shekarun 1880, bayan mazaunan ƙasar a wannan lokacin, da Spruce Bog a cikin 1890s. An yi amfani da sunan Byron Bog a cikin shekarun 1920, amma babu wani rikodin da ya wanzu na sunan asalin Amurka.

Sifton Bog yana daya daga cikin kudancin acidic bogs a Kanada. Ya ƙunshi nau'o'in da ba a saba gani ba ciki har da nau'ikan shuke-shuke masu cin nama guda huɗu. Daga cikin na ƙarshe akwai sundews Drosera intermedia da Drosera rotundifolia  da kuma shuka mai launin ruwan kasa Sarracenia purpurea .  Tsakiyar tsakiya ta hawaye Sphagnum da Chamaedaphne calyculata (leatherleaf), tare da 'yan gajeren larches (Larix laricina) da baƙar fata (Picea mariana). 
Rashin da ke cikin bog an halicce shi kamar yawancin siffofin geologic na gida, ta hanyar tasirin glaciation. Rashin lafiya a cikin Ingersoll Glacial Moraine ya bar ta hanyar janyewar kankara. Sakamakon ya kasance aljihu ba tare da magudanar ruwa ba wanda ya ci gaba a cikin Sifton Bog .  Tafkin 0.2 hectare a tsakiyar bog, Redmond's Pond, shine ragowar abin da zai kasance mafi girma 23 hectare ruwa jiki, wanda a hankali ya cika da peat a cikin shekaru 10000 da suka gabata. An auna layin peat a tsakiyar bog a 18 m (60 ft).   

An sanya sunan Redmond's Pond ne bayan dangin Redmond, waɗanda suka mallaki wani ɓangare na ƙasar da bog ɗin yake, tsakanin 1854 da 1900. Tafkin bai kai 1.5 m (5 ft) zurfi ba, kuma yana da pH na kusa da 5.   A gefen akwai girma na farfajiyar bututun mai cin nama Utricularia vulgaris da lily na ruwa Nuphar advena, tare da tsiro mai tsayi na duckweed (Lemna minor) da kuma ruwan flax-seed (Spirodela polyrhiza). 

An yi amfani da bog ɗin a baya a matsayin tushen kasuwanci na sphagnum moss, madadin ga auduga. An haƙa shi a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na farko don tallafawa ƙoƙarin yaƙi da bukatun asibitoci na gida. Alder Buckthorn, wani shuka na asali a cikin bog, an girbe shi kuma an yi amfani da shi a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu don samar da gunpowder.

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