

CA 8. Duncans Mills Marsh. Acreage: 80. 



Location: Sonoma County; Duncans Mills Quadrangle; just N of Duncans Mills; 

 reached via Rt. 116. 



Description: A fresh-water pond and marsh area surrounded by redwood forest. 

 Water area heavily overgrown by Typha latifolia and Nuphar pulysepalum. 

 Sedge bogs and wet ground thickets adjoin it. The site is rich botanically. Spar- 

 ganium midtipedunculatum is common in the aquatic part (southernmost Coast 

 Range occurrence). Carex Hendersonii is one of the rare sedges occurring in the 

 area. Very scenic. 



References: Rubtzoff, P. 1960-66. Notes on fresh-water marsh and aquatic 

 plants in California. Leajl. West But. 9:73-76; 10:72. 



Ownership: Mrs. Emma Morrill. 



Data source: Peter Rubtzoff, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, 

 Cal. 94100. 



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