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Wetland General Ecological Category: Community Complex
Michigan Natural Features Inventory (MNFI) Natural Community Classifaction (if applicable): Inundated Shrub Swamp
State Rank: S3 = vulnerable in the state due to a restricted range, relatively few occurrences, recent and widespread declines, or other factors making it vulnerable to extirpation.
Notable Features At This Site: mature buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) stands with diverse herbaceous understory. Confirmed occurances of Federally Listed (Threatened) copperbelly water snake (Nerodia erythrogaster neglecta).
Photographed during late May 2014.
A conservation easement site; Southcentral Lower Peninsula of Michigan

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