United States, Michigan, Livingston, Little Appleton Lake Fen
42.5063 -83.8409
232 meters (761ft)
The fen is less than 30 acres surrounding the lake. There are shruby patches of Cornus, Toxicodendron vernix, birch, and aspen, and large patches of Typha and Phragmites. There are many streams 1m wide, one larger one on the north side of the stream. Evidence of maintenence with burn piles and woody cuttings. 70m from southern border of fen, 300m southeast of a small cedar tree. Area dominated by Typha, Thelypteris palustris, and Asteraceae with Dasiphora fruticosa and shrub layer of Cornus and Toxicodendron vernix. Some Carex and blooming grasses. Ground moist but no open water.
Population - Clumped, common, larger population north 0.5m, seen on moist-wet ground, near Typha, Rhamnus, Thelypteris palustris, Dasiphora fruticosa, and grasses.