Wetland Legend
Wet Meadow (Colored Green):
Seasonally to totally saturated soils with an array of water tolerant forbs grasses and sedges. The soils are mineral and are poorly and very poorly drained These wetland areas are indicated as Type 2”s with some intermingling of Type 3 wetlands Current condition is low quality because of the invasion reed canary grass. The main objective has been to remove this grass and introduce native wetland grasses, sedges and forbs.
Bottomland Hardwood (Colored Brown):
Seasonally saturated to saturated in deeper parts of the soil. The soils range from being poorly to somewhat poorly drained. This area is commonly thought of as Type 7 wetlands. Vegetation is mostly bottomland hardwood consisting of silver maple, green and black ash and swamp oak. Current condition is that all of these trees are present including white pine. The ground cover is yet to be reviewed. The needs are to control both the invading box elder and buckthorn.
Marsh (Colored Blue):
Series of nearly permanent-to-permanent ponded waters. Little pond vegetation, except for floating plants such as pondweed. These areas are both Type 4 and Type 5 wetlands Type 4’s are a shallow marsh with water depths less than 3 feet. Current conditions are good, but a management need will be to control the invading cattail vegetation.
Bottomland Hardwood (Colored Brown):
Seasonally saturated to saturated in deeper parts of the soil. The soils range from being poorly to somewhat poorly drained. This area is commonly thought of as Type 7 wetlands. Vegetation is mostly bottomland hardwood consisting of silver maple, green and black ash and swamp oak. Current condition is that all of these trees are present including white pine. The ground cover is yet to be reviewed. The needs are to control both the invading box elder and buckthorn.
Island meadows (Colored Pink)
A series of 4 islands composed largely of spoil from construction of the channels. Mostly upland meadows to be managed largely as mesic prairies. wetland. The spoil soil around the island edges would cause that part of the area to fit into a non-wetland status. The center core of the 2 larger islands, however tends to be wetter and could allow that part be listed as a Type 1 wetland. The management need is to control the invasive reed canary grass and the woody vegetation. These islands to serve as nesting habitat for waterfowl.
Presidents grove (Colored Red)
Non-wetland area with conifer-type trees planted by past presidents of the League. The plan is to control the invading deciduous shrubs and trees. Current condition is that not all of the conifers are adapted to this particular site.
Hardwood forest (Colored purple)
Hard forest is a more than mixed hardwood tree. It also a forest floor consisting of ephemeral flora. Shown here is the flowering trillium. Also observed on this floor is wild ginger, however more species could be identified or added. The over story will still need will be control the invading buckthorn and other species such as box elder and honeysuckle. Historically, speaking this area has been a savanna, or more of burned woodland, with a dominance of burr oaks, but this area will be very difficult to manage as such.