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IMC004
BLACK CROWN MARSH
- Location:
- Nunda Township (T44N,R9E) Sections 4,5,8,9
Size: 350 acres (est)
- Natural Resources
- Communities:
- Loamy, mesic and wet prairie (C)
- Sedge meadow (C)
- Rare Plants:
- none
- Rare Animals:
- Ixobrychus exilis /Least bittern (E)
- Chlidonias niger /Black tern (E)
- Grus canadensis /Sandhill crane (E)
- Nycticorax nycticorax /Black-crowned night heron (E)
- Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus /Yellow-headed blackbird (E)
- Gallinula chloropus /common moorhen (T)
- Podilymbus podiceps /Pied-billed grebe (T)
- Porzana carolina /Sora (W-SU)
Other Significant Features:
Protection Status:
Management Problems:
- Pond construction
- Abnormal water table fluctuation
- Reed canary grass
- Siltation/sedimentation
- Brush encroachment (prairie/sedge meadow)
