United States, Michigan, Jackson, Mt Hope Road Fen
42.31014 -84.20818
258 meters (846ft)
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. 200m east of Mt Hope Road, 10m south of northern border (shrubs and gradient). Soil moist to dry, +/- even. Shrubby prairie meadow dominated by Asteraceae.