United States, Michigan, Oakland, Buckhorn Lake Fen
42.70419 -83.61913
299 meters (981ft)
Large north-south fen; multiple ownser; many arms; large expanses of Carex stricta. Fen elongated and amoeboid with many small armas and large amounts of edge. Oak uplands often inserted intro prairie fen as peninsulas. Oftern large amounts of open water due to beaver flooding. Asjacent to railroad that runs the entire length of the fen. Flooded area due to beaver dams; historically part of fen, now overgrown with Phalaris arundinacea. Carex stipata also present. Salix spp and Cornus foemina line edges of area surrounded by high quality prairie fen (except for shrub encroachment_. Ground inundated, but more or less solid.