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IMC087
NIPPERSINK CANOE BASE WETLANDS
- Location:
- Burton Township (T46N,R9E) Sections 29,32
Size: 350 acres (est.)
- Natural Resources
- Communities:
- Mesic woodland (C)
- Graminoid fen (C)
- Sedge meadow (B,C)
- Streamside marsh (B,C)
- Eroding bluff (C)
- Low-gradient stream (B)(See MAIN BRANCH NIPPERSINK CREEK)
- Rare Plants:
- Carex utriculata/Beaked sedge (T)
- Lathyrus ochroleucus/Pale vetchling (T)
- Cacalia suaveolens/Sweet Indian plantain (W-SU)
- Rare Animals:
- none
Other Significant Features:
Protection Status:
- Part protected by MCCD
- Part unprotected
Management Problems:
- Purple loosestrife
- Canary grass
- Brush expansion
- Water table alterations (ditches)
- Man-made pond
- Siltation of stream by pasture runoff and severe bank erosion
