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IMC045
PARKER FEN
- Location:
- Dorr Township (T44N,R7E) Section 13
- Nunda Township (T44N,R8E) Section 18
Size: 140 acres
- Natural Resources
- Communities:
- Graminoid fen (B,C)
- Calcareous seep (B,C)
- Sedge meadow (C)
- Basin marsh (C)
- Rare Plants:
- Triglochin maritima/Common bog arrow-grass (E)
- Eleocharis rostellata/Beaked spike rush (T)
- Rare Animals:
- Grus canadensis/Sandhill crane (E)
Other Significant Features:
Protection Status:
- Part protected (12-acre dedicated nature preserve)
- Part informally protected by landowner
- Part unprotected
Management Problems:
- Brush invasion
- Water table alteration (damming of seeps, man-made ponds, ditches and tile systems)
- Cattail expansion
