MD 2. Cranberry Swamp (Cherry Creek Glades). Acreage: 663. 



Location: Garrett County; McHenry Quadrangle; 5 miles E of McHenry; 

 reached via Mosser Rd. 



Description: About 400 acres are bog and the remainder, wooded swamp. Bog 

 plants include Sphagnum, cranberry, leatherleaf, black spruce, Labrador-tea, 

 and sedges. Animals include woodcock, mink, muskrat, beaver, fox, skunk, rac- 

 coon, deer, cottontail rabbit, snowshoe hare, grouse, and turkey. 



References: Catalog of natural areas in Maryland. 1968. Maryland State 

 Planning Dept. Listed under name of "Cherry Creek Glades and Peat Bog." 



Encroachments: A small area is being commercially mined for peat moss. Acid 

 mine pollution has eliminated fish temporarily. 



Ownership: Private. 



Data source: J. R. Goldsberry, Biologist, Maryland Department of Game and In- 

 land Fish, State Office Bldg., Annapolis, Md. 21401. 



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