Coffee Swamp

{{Short description|Swamp and state natural area in Door County, Wisconsin}}

Coffee Swamp is a freshwater swamp located on the northern edge of Washington Island, in Door County Wisconsin and is a designated state natural area since 1994.{{cite gnis|id=1563229|name=Coffee Swamp|accessdate=2012-02-11}}{{Cite web|url=https://dnr.wi.gov/topic/Lands/naturalareas/index.asp?SNA=276|title=Coffey Swamp (No. 276) |website=Wisconsin State Natural Areas Program |publisher=Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources |access-date=2018-07-06}} At the center of the swamp is a small, shallow pond.[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015042514722&view=1up&seq=283 Flora and Vegetation of the Grand Traverse Islands (Lake Michigan), Wisconsin and Michigan] by Emmet J. Judziewicz, The Michigan Botanist, Volume 40, Number 4, October 2001, page 133

The swamp represents a boreal forest, and hosts a number of plant species including various sedges, ferns and other rare plants. Snowberry, round-leaved sundew, and pitcher plants grow in small mounded areas of sphagnum moss under some of the cedars.

Climate

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| Coffee Swamp

| -9| -4| 66

| -14| -10| 60

| -5| 0| 62

| -1| 3| 112

| 3| 9| 86

| 10| 12| 77

| 16| 18| 96

| 15| 17| 73

| 14| 16| 109

| 7| 9| 119

| 4| 6| 110

| 1| 2| 66

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Gallery

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|File:White Admiral on Queen Anne's lace, Coffey Swamp, Washington Island, Door County, Wisconsin.jpg|White admiral on Queen Anne's lace

|File:Root ball at Coffey Swamp, Washington Island, Door County, Wisconsin.jpg|Root ball of a fallen tree

|File:Coffey Swamp.jpg|White cedars

|File:Grassy Area with Goldenrod at Coffey Swamp, Washington Island, Door County, Wisconsin.jpg|Grassy area with goldenrod

|File:Meadow at Coffey Swamp, Washington Island, Door County, Wisconsin.jpg|Meadow

|File:Spotted knapweed Centaurea stoebe Washington Island Wisconsin.jpg|Spotted knapweed

|File:Ferns at Coffey Swamp, Washington Island, Door County, Wisconsin.jpg|Ferns

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References

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Category:Swamps of Wisconsin

Category:Protected areas of Door County, Wisconsin

Category:Protected areas established in 1994

Category:Landforms of Door County, Wisconsin

Category:State Natural Areas of Wisconsin