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IMC100
SPRING GROVE FEN
- Location:
- Burton Township (T46N,R9E) Section 30
Size: 50 acres
- Natural Resources
- Communities:
- Graminoid fen (B,C)
- Sedge meadow (A,C)
- Low-gradient stream (B) (see MAIN BRANCH NIPPERSINK CREEK)
- Rare Plants:
- Carex utriculata/Beaked sedge (T)
- Galium labradoricum/Bog bedstraw (T)
- Cacalia suaveolens/Sweet Indian plantain (W-Su)
- Rare Animals:
- none
Other Significant Features:
Protection Status:
- Part protected by MCCD (33.4 acre dedicated nature preserve)
- Part unprotected
Management Problems:
- Watercress in spring runs
- Siltation from Nippersink Creek
- Cattail expansion
- Brush expansion
- Filling (private portion on west side)
