Brokenhead Wetland Ecological Reserve Explained

Brokenhead Wetland Ecological Reserve
Iucn Category:	Ia
Area Ha:	1240
Established:	2005
Photo Width:	200
Photo Alt:	The Ojibway teach us ... that everything is interconnected
Location:	1 km south of and 12, 59 Provincial Trunk Hwy 12, Beaconia, MB R0E 0B0

Brokenhead Wetland Ecological Reserve is an ecological reserve northeast of Scanterbury, Manitoba, Canada.^[1] It was established in 2005 under the Manitoba Ecological Reserves Act.^{[2] [3]} It is 12.4km2 in size.

Flora

According to the Government of Manitoba's informational PDF about the site,

Among the carnivorous plants found in the reserve are the purple pitcher-plant, common butterwort, sundew and common bladderwort. The reserve includes a calcareous fen, a habitat that is essential to the survival of the rare plant species.^[4]

Conservation

According to the Government of Manitoba's informational PDF about the site,

See also

• List of ecological reserves in Manitoba
• List of protected areas of Manitoba

External links

• debwendon: Brokenhead Wetland
• iNaturalist: Brokenhead Wetland Ecological Reserve

50.388°N -96.559°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Brokenhead Wetland Ecological Reserve, Backgrounder . Government of Manitoba . 22 July 2022.
2. Web site: Brokenhead Wetland Ecological Reserve . Protected Planet . IUCN . 26 December 2019.
3. Web site: Ecological Reserves . www.gov.mb.ca . Government of Manitoba . 22 July 2022.
4. Web site: Brokenhead Wetlands Special Field Day – June 22, 2012. nativeorchid.org . en . https://web.archive.org/web/20160425070613/http://www.nativeorchid.org/BrokenheadJune22.pdf . 25 April 2016 . dead .