Bog - Michigan Natural Features Inventory - Michigan State …
Bog is a nutrient-poor peatland characterized by acidic, saturated peat and the prevalence of sphagnum mosses and ericaceous shrubs. Fire and flooding are the main natural disturbance factors. Bogs occur in kettle depressions on pitted outwash and moraines and in flat areas and shallow depressions on glacial outwash and glacial lakeplain.
Landowner's Guide: Bogs and Fens - dnr.state.mi.us
Sep 28, 1999 · There are two ways that bogs are formed in Michigan: kettle-lake bogs, and paludification bogs. These processes may take thousands of years. In the Great Lakes region various estimates for forming a single foot of peat range from 100 to 800 years. Kettle-lake bogs begin as reeds, sedges, and mosses around the edges of lakes formed by glaciation ...
Nature Centers, Fens, Bogs and Prairies in Michigan
Many areas in the state of Michigan have been designated as Nature Centers, Fens, Bogs and Prairies. Conservationists and Master Gardeners are working to preserve these important areas for our state eco-system. A Fen can be a wetland, grassy marsh, forested swamps or peat bogs. Along with bogs, fens are a type of mire.
Black Spruce Bog - State of Michigan
Activities: Hiking, bird watching, photography, outdoor education, nature study. Importance: Contains the southerly third of a large black spruce and tamarack bog (resulting from a large ice-block depression), adjoining poorly drained land with a red maple swamp.
Bog Group - Michigan Natural Features Inventory - Michigan …
Found throughout Michigan but concentrated in northern Michigan, Bogs occur primarily in kettle depressions within pitted outwash plains and moraines and in shallow depressions on glacial outwash plains and glacial lakeplains. Soils are extremely acidic to very strongly acidic, saturated peats that are often deep.
Bogs and Swamps - Michigan State University
About 1/8 of Michigan is wetlands dominated by high water tables and bog or swamp vegetation. Many of these sites are important groundwater-recharge sites. This site, near Cadillac, is a bog dominated by sphagnum mosses, and is very acidic.
Colonize lakes over 100’s of years. Other common species include pitcher plant, sundew, cotton-grass, bog rosemary, cranberries, blueberries, bog laurel, and Labrador tea. Supports 50 rare species – 19 plants & 31 animals (17 insects) . Occurs along 3rd order or greater streams. Seasonal inundation is common.
Copy of Michigan Nature Centers, Conservatories & Fens
Bogs: Bogs are different from Fens as they are usually acidic. Bogs are also considered wetlands. For further information about Bogs and Fens check out Private Land Partnerships, Michigan Department of Natural Resources. Prairies: Michigan has many areas designated as Prairie sites.
High-quality bogs contain characteristic plants and animals and minimal invasive species populations. Hydrology should be unimpeded by ditches, dikes and fill. Viable bogs are also surrounded by high-quality natural communities or with a sufficient upland buffer for minimizing surface water input and sedimentation and to maintain groundwater ...
Stutsmanville Bog Nature Preserve | Michigan
65 acres. One of the best examples of fen or peatland in northern Michigan. A bog is a unique type of wetland dominated by organic soil known as peat; bogs are known for unusual plants such as the carnivorous pitcher plant and sundew. This area has been the subject of …