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IMC098
SOUTH RICHMOND SEDGE MEADOW
- Location:
- Richmond Township (T46N,R8E) Section 21
Size: 100 acres (est)
- Natural Resources:
- Communities
- Sedge meadow (C)
- Streamside marsh (B,C)
- Low gradient stream (4th order) (A)
(See NORTH BRANCH NIPPERSINK CREEK)
- Rare Plants:
- Cacalia sauveolens/Sweet Indian plantain (W-SU)
- Rare Animals:
- none
Other Significant Features:
Protection Status:
Management Problems:
- Some bank erosion and siltation
- Brush encroachment
- Eurasian grasses (including reed canary grass)
- Scattered purple loosestrife
- Development of bordering uplands
