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Coffee Swamp

Coffee Swamp

Swamp and state natural area in Door County, Wisconsin

Coffee Swamp is a freshwater swamp located on the northern edge of Washington Island, in Door County Wisconsin and is a designated state natural area since 1994.[1][2] At the center of the swamp is a small, shallow pond.[3]

The swamp represents a boreal forest, and hosts a number of plant species including various sedges, ferns and other rare plants.[2] Snowberry, round-leaved sundew, and pitcher plants grow in small mounded areas of sphagnum moss under some of the cedars.[3]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Coffee Swamp". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-02-11.
  2. [2]
    "Coffey Swamp (No. 276)". Wisconsin State Natural Areas Program. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
  3. [3]
    Flora and Vegetation of the Grand Traverse Islands (Lake Michigan), Wisconsin and Michigan by Emmet J. Judziewicz, The Michigan Botanist, Volume 40, Number 4, October 2001, page 133
  4. [4]
    "NASA EarthData Search". NASA. Retrieved 30 January 2016.

45.404°N 86.890°W / 45.404; -86.890


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