lands during the winter months and in migration. 



Mammals known to occur in the cypress stand include 

 resident opossum, raccoon, eastern gray squirrel, marsh 

 rabbit, and white-tailed deer. Black bear pass through 

 the area on rare occasions, wandering from the large poco- 

 sin south of the lake. 



The large trees provide numerous cavities for denning 

 and the dense shrubs provide important songbird feeding 

 and nesting habitat. The area is also important because it 

 is the last remaining densely wooded shoreline along the 

 lake , the remainder of which has been cleared for agriculture 

 or residential home development, or disturbed by logging 

 activities and frequent fires. 



South Shore Marsh 



The second natural area within Pettigrew State Park is 

 located along the southern margin of Lake Phelps. This natural 

 area contains a freshwater marsh which occupies a narrow band 

 60-150 wide along the shore line and the shallow (less than 

 18 inches deep) margin of the lake. 



The plant community occurs on clean, quartz sands in shallow 

 water. It is dominated by the community Panicum hemitomon- mixed 

 aquatic herbs ( Maidencane/ mixed aquatic herbs; CT 2) . Along 

 with maidencane (an emergent marsh plant) , other common aquatics 

 include water milfoil ( Myriophyllum tenellum ) , pickerelweed 

 ( Pontederia cordata ) , three-square ( Scirpus americanus ) , 

 pennywort ( Hydrocotyle umbellata ) , pipewort ( Eriocaulon pel- 

 lucidum ) , duck potato ( Sagittaria teres or isoctiformis ) , and 

 needlerush (Juncus sp.). Species such as Pontederia , Errocaulon , 

 Sagittaria and others usually occur in loose clumps and scattered 

 individuals adjacent to the dense maidencane mats. Differences 

 in water depth, substrate, and availability of sunlight are im- 

 portant factors which determine the spatial arrangements of the 

 various species. Maidencane, because of its size (2-3 feet) 

 and dense stem development, often forms almost pure beds at 

 the exclusion of other, much smaller aquatics. 



This 70-acre freshwater marsh community is restricted to 

 the southern perimeter of the lake which is sheltered from the 

 predominantly southwesterly winds. This marsh community is 

 unique in the state because of its unusual species composition. 

 Myriophyllum tenellum , for example, is a species of water mil- 

 foil which grows in dense submerged mats. It is not known to 



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