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The Jackson Bog

The Jackson Bog . By: Prof. Tammy Bixler. The Jackson Bog. The bog is located on Fulton Road just behind Jackson High School. 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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The Jackson Bog

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  1. The Jackson Bog By: Prof. Tammy Bixler

  2. The Jackson Bog • The bog is located on Fulton Road just behind Jackson High School.

  3. 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?

  4. Here’s a map showing all of Ohio’s publicly accessible natural preserves. Do you see the Jackson Bog?

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

  6. Kames and Aquifers

  7. How do bogs continue to exist since the glaciers are gone?

  8. Where does the water come from?

  9. Plant Adaptations • If nutrients are low, what adaptations may a plant make to survive?

  10. Shrubby Cinquefoil

  11. Swamp Thistle

  12. Skunk Cabbage

  13. Invasive species

  14. Glossy Buckhorn

  15. Poison Sumac

  16. Why are bogs important ecosystems?

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