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VT 4. Dorset Marsh. Acreage: About 150. 



Location: Bennington County; Equinox 15' Quadrangle; 3 miles S of Dorset; 

 reached from Rt. 30. 



Description: Sedgy hummocks and thickets of speckled alder. Portions are 

 seasonally flooded; portions covered with beaver ponds. Eelgrass and stonewort 

 grow in the stream channel; red-osier dogwood, witherod, speckled alder, wil- 

 lows, viburnums, meadow-sweet, mountain holly, and black alder, on the banks. 



References: Vogelmann, H. W. 1969. Vermont natural areas, Report 2, p. 13. 



Encroachments: None. 



Ownership: Henry van Loon (Manchester Center), Barbara and Herbert Raff 

 (Dorset), Leonard Martin (Dorset), John S. Kelleher (Dorset), H. McKeever 

 (Dorset). 



Data source: H. W. Vogelmann, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vt. 05401. 



Other knowledgeable persons: Mrs. Henry van Loon, Manchester Center, Vt. 

 05255. 



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