LPBLT Newsletter | Summer 2025 Edition: 💚 A Profile in Giving | Endangered Butterfly Released | NEW ETO Events Added
Inside this edition of the Long Point Basin Land Trust newsletter, you will find:
Generational Giving: Discover how the DeCloet family’s recent planting day brought together multiple generations to
Description and habitat
White Elm or American Elm (Ulmus americana) is a large deciduous tree in the Walnut Family (Juglandaceae), reaching up to 40 m tall at maturity, forming a broad, vase-shaped crown with hanging branches. It is one of Ontario’s three native elm species – the others being Slippery
Description and habitat
Blue Ash (Fraxinus quadrangulata) is a riparian tree species widely distributed across the Long Point Basin. Similarly to Ontario’s other ash species, Blue Ash can attain a height of 25 m or more in ideal growing conditions. It is one of five species of ash in the Long
Description and HabitatÂ
The Long Point Region has among the most biodiverse floral assemblage in Canada, including many southern vegetation communities. One of these southern tree species is the Common Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis), a large tree primarily of floodplains in the hemp family (Cannabaceae). There are two species of Hackberry
Description
Black Walnut (Juglans nigra) is a large deciduous tree widely distributed across southern Ontario. It can attain 35 m or more, and is a long-lived tree despite being shade intolerant. Walnuts prefer clay or loam soils, though they also thrive in sandy areas when other preferred growing conditions are
Description and habitat
Black Tupelo or Black Gum (Nyssa sylvatica) is among the most unique species in the Long Point Basin. Historically included as part of the Dogwood Family (Cornaceae), it is now assigned to it’s own family, Nyssaceae, which is sister to another group containing the Hydrangeas. There are
Description and habitat
Green Ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) is a wetland species widely distributed across the Long Point Basin. In optimal conditions, Green Ash can grow a large tree to 25 m or more. It is one of five species of ash in the Long Point Basin – these include White
In 2024, Long Point Basin Land Trust expanded its network of protected areas with the acquisition of the DeCloet Family Forest Legacy, an 18-hectare property in Norfolk County. With generous support from Paul and Ben DeCloet, this new reserve builds on the family’s earlier conservation efforts, including the adjacent Paul
PURPLE LOOSESTRIFE
Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) is an invasive herbaceous perennial native to Eurasia in the loosestrife family, Lythraceae. They are not closely related to most of Ontario’s native “Loosestrifes” such as Swamp Candles (Lysimachia terrestris), which are instead in the same genus as Northern Starflower (Lysimachia borealis) in the