United States, Michigan, Jackson, Mt Hope Road Fen
42.31052 -84.20631
259 meters (850ft)
Prairie fen dominated by Carex, Asteraceae, and grasses but encroachment by shrubs (Rubus, Cornus, Betula, Toxicodendron vernix). A few pockets and walls of shrub-carr and wooded fen. Evidence of some management. Hummocky in areas from Carex stricta, other areas dominated by other Carex and Dasiphora fruticosa. In northern portion of the fen, 40m north of pond, 30m west of the rise to prairie. Cyperaceae dominated meadow with Dasiphora fruticosa, Euthamia graminifolia, and Liatris. Some grass of Parnassus seen on west shore of pond. Ground moist to dry and covered in white powder. Took water sample 4 from pond.
Population - stalks spent. Associated with Dasiphora fruticosa.