Editing Alvar (section)

==Some North American alvar locations==
[[File:Alvar near Singing Sands.JPG|thumb|Alvar near the Singing Sands beach of [[Bruce Peninsula National Park]], Canada]]
[[Image:Alvar2.JPG|thumb|[[Lichen]], [[moss]] and grasses on [[limestone]] surface. [[Kelley's Island]], [[Ohio]] in [[Lake Erie]].]]
*The ''rare'' Charitable Research Reserve – [[Cambridge, Ontario|Cambridge]], [[Ontario]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.raresites.org/trails/ |publisher=rare Charitable Research Reserve |title=Trails |access-date=13 December 2016|date=2011-12-02 }}</ref>
*[[Lake Erie]]
**[[Kelley's Island]], [[Ohio]] – North Shore Alvar State Nature Preserve<ref>{{cite web |url=http://naturepreserves.ohiodnr.gov/northshorealvar |title=North Shore Alvar State Nature Preserve |publisher=Ohio Department of Natural Resources |access-date=13 December 2016}}</ref>
**[[Marblehead, Ohio]] – mostly destroyed by limestone quarrying
**[[Pelee Island]], [[Ontario]] – Stone Road Alvar Nature Reserve<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ontarionature.org/protect/habitat/stone_road_alvar.php |title=Stone Road Alvar Nature Reserve |publisher=Ontario Nature |access-date=13 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220185536/https://www.ontarionature.org/protect/habitat/stone_road_alvar.php |archive-date=20 December 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[Lake Huron]]
**Maxton Plains Proposed Natural Area, [[Drummond Island]], [[Michigan]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,4570,7-153-31154_31260-54020--,00.html |title=Maxton Plains |publisher=Michigan Department of Natural Resources |access-date=13 December 2016}}</ref>
**Belanger Bay Alvar, [[Manitoulin Island]], Ontario<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/MNR/csb/news/oct19nr99.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070816100629/http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/MNR/csb/news/oct19nr99.html |archive-date=16 August 2007 |title=$5.2-million Globally Rare Habitat in Ontario to be Protected |publisher=Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources |access-date=13 December 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
**Quarry Bay Nature Reserve, Manitoulin Island, Ontario<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ontarionature.org/protect/habitat/quarry_bay.php |title=Quarry Bay Nature Reserve |publisher=Ontario Nature |access-date=13 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220185502/https://www.ontarionature.org/protect/habitat/quarry_bay.php |archive-date=20 December 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
**Bruce Alvar Nature Reserve, [[Bruce Peninsula]], Ontario<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ontarionature.org/protect/habitat/bruce_alvar.php |title=Bruce Alvar Nature Reserve |publisher=Ontario Nature |access-date=13 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220185200/https://www.ontarionature.org/protect/habitat/bruce_alvar.php |archive-date=20 December 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
**Baptise Harbour Nature Reserve, Bruce Peninsula, Ontario<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ontarionature.org/protect/habitat/baptist_harbour.php |title=Baptist Harbour Nature Reserve |publisher=Ontario Nature |access-date=13 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220185122/https://www.ontarionature.org/protect/habitat/baptist_harbour.php |archive-date=20 December 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
**[[Misery Bay]] Provincial Park, Manitoulin Island, Ontario<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.miserybay.ca/ |title=Come and visit the park! |publisher=Friends of Misery Bay |access-date=13 December 2016| quote=Friends of Misery Bay is a registered non-profit charity devoted to supporting the Misery Bay Provincial Park in its mandates of protection (especially of its rare alvar habitats)...}}</ref>
*[[Lake Michigan]]
**Red Banks Alvar, [[Red Banks, Brown County, Wisconsin]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/Lands/naturalareas/index.asp?SNA=332 |title=Red Banks Alvar (No. 332) |publisher=Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources |date=28 November 2016 |access-date=13 December 2016}}</ref>
*[[Lake Ontario]]
**Carden Plain Alvar, City of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, including [[Carden Alvar Provincial Park]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.couchichingconserv.ca/in-the-field/the-carden-plain/ |title=The Carden Plain |publisher=The Couchiching Conservancy |access-date=13 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220100240/http://www.couchichingconserv.ca/in-the-field/the-carden-plain/ |archive-date=20 December 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
**Chaumont Barrens Preserve, New York<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/unitedstates/newyork/places-preserves/central-chaumont-barrens.xml |title=New York: Chaumont Barrens Preserve |publisher=The Nature Conservancy |location=Arlington, VA|access-date=13 December 2016}}</ref>
**Three Mile Creek Barrens, New York
**[[Burnt Lands alvar|Burnt Lands Alvar]], [[Almonte, Ontario|Almonte]], Ontario
**[[Balsam Lake (Ontario)|Balsam Lake]] Indian Point Provincial Park, Ontario<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ontarioparks.com/park/indianpoint |title=Indian Point |publisher=Ontario Parks |access-date=13 December 2016}}</ref>
*[[Quebec]]
**[[Quyon, Quebec|Quyon]]
**Alvar d'[[Aylmer, Quebec|Aylmer]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/city/story.html?id=fa6a428a-57da-45bd-8294-1fffa571f628 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104091616/http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/city/story.html?id=fa6a428a-57da-45bd-8294-1fffa571f628 |archive-date=4 November 2012 |title=Aylmer fears for its forest |newspaper=Ottawa Citizen |date=9 May 2008 |access-date=13 December 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[Manitoba]]
**[[Interlake Region|Interlake]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hamel |first1=C. |first2=C. |last2=Foster |date=2004 |title=Surveys of a Rare Alvar-like Plant Community in Eastern Clematis WMA and Comments on Regional Significance |publisher=Manitoba Conservation Data Centre}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Hamel |first1=C. |first2=C. |last2=Foster |date=2005 |title=Rare Species Surveys and Stewardship Activities of the Manitoba Conservation Data Centre |type=MS Report 05-01 |publisher=Manitoba Conservation Data Centre |location=Winnipeg, Manitoba |url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/conservation/cdc/pdf/rs_surv_stdshp_2004.pdf |access-date=13 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=Manitoba Alvar Initiative |date=2012 |title=Alvars in Manitoba: A Description of Their Extent, Characteristics & Land Use |publisher=Nature Conservancy of Canada |location=Winnipeg, Manitoba |url=http://www.natureconservancy.ca/assets/documents/mb/2012-Alvar-Initiative-FINAL-Report-PUBLIC-DISTRIBUTION-Jan-2013.pdf |access-date=13 December 2016}}</ref>