The Jackson Bog

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The Jackson Bog

• By
• Prof. Tammy Bixler

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The Jackson Bog

• The bog is located on Fulton Drive (SR 687) just
  west of the intersection of SR 241 and SR 687.

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Nature Preserve

• The bog area is a STATE NATURE PRESERVE. What
  other places have you been to that are NATURE
  PRESERVES? Are there any other bogs close by?

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Heres a map showing all of Ohios publicly
accessible natural preserves. Do you see the
Jackson Bog?
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Background Facts

• The Jackson Bog is 57 acres.
• It is a fen bog.
• How are bogs created?

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Kames and Aquifers
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How do bogs continue to exist since the glaciers
are gone?
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Where does the water come from?
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Plant Adaptations

• If nutrients are low, what adaptations may a
  plant make to survive?

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Shrubby Cinquefoil
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Swamp Thistle
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Skunk Cabbage
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Invasive species
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Glossy Buckhorn
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Poison Sumac
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Why are bogs important ecosystems?