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IMC024
GLADSTONE-BOGER FEN
- Location:
- Nunda Township (T44N,R8E) Sections 7, 18
- Dorr Township (T44N,R7E) Section 13
Size: 35 acres
- Natural Resources
- Communities:
- Graminoid fen (B,C)
- Sedge meadow (B,C)
- Calcareous seep (B)
- Loamy, mesic prairie (C)
- Rare Plants:
- Eleocharis rostellata/Beaked spike rush
- Rare Animals:
- none
Other Significant Features:
Protection Status:
- Part protected by private owner (Gladstone portion contains dedicated 7 acre nature preserve)
- Part informally protected by owner
Management Problems:
- Groundwater movement altered by impoundment and tiling
- Brush invasion
- Reed canary grass
- Water cress
- Planted and naturalized cypress trees