United States, Michigan, Jackson, Mt Hope Road Fen
42.30999 -84.20661
257 meters (843ft)
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 most northern pocket of fen, south of pond 10m, north of tamaracks 10-20m, and 1m west of stream. Area dominated by Asclepias incarnata, Eutrochium maculatum, Eupatorium perfoliatum, and most all by Decodon verticillatus. Carex aquatilis also dominates near stream. Ground clumpy and uneven, standing water between clumps.