| Recognition:
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Nominated for Legal Dedication,
The Nature
Conservancy Natural Areas Registry |
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| Size: |
397 acres |
| Location:
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Approximately 8 miles west of Allegan |
| Management: |
Allegan
State Game Area |
| Activities:
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Outdoor education, nature study,
photography, birdwatching, hunting, wildflower viewing |
Importance:
Crooked Lake Marsh is the largest of Michigan’s coastal plain
marshes, a relict community of plant species disjunct from the North
Atlantic coastal plain communities. At one time part of a larger
lake that included Little Tom Lake to the west, Crooked Lake Marsh
is now a soft-water seepage lake with no inlet or outlet. Although
one of several coastal plain marshes in southwestern Michigan,
Crooked Lake Marsh shows a greater diversity of habitats than most
other sites in the state. Its water level fluctuates greatly, not
only throughout the season but also from year to year. During years
of low water levels, sedges dominate extensive peat/mud flats which
are exposed during the summer. |
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