United States, Michigan, Livingston, Little Appleton Lake Fen
42.5075 -83.8441
244 meters (800ft)
The fen is less than 30 acres surrounding the lake. There are shruby patches of Cornus, Toxicodendron vernix, birch, and aspen, and large patches of Typha and Phragmites. There are many streams 1m wide, one larger one on the north side of the stream. Evidence of maintenence with burn piles and woody cuttings. In the far east peninsula of the fen. The wooded border is 50m or less in all directions. Its about 5m west of a stream. It is mostly Carex with Asteraceae and Cornus shrub layer. Ground hummocky and moist but no standing water.
Population - found between hummocks of Carex on stream side, appear to have short rhizomes, vegetation not tipped with red like Whelan Lake specimen. Associated with Carex stricta.