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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. At the center of the swamp is a small, shallow pond.

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

Coffee Swamp
Climate chart (explanation)
J F M A M J J A S O N D
    66     −4 −9     60     −10 −14     62     0 −5     112     3 −1     86     9 3     77     12 10     96     18 16     73     17 15     109     16 14     119     9 7     110     6 4     66     2 1
█ Average max. and min. temperatures in °C
█ Precipitation totals in mm
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Imperial conversion
JFMAMJJASOND
    2.6     25 16     2.4     14 7     2.4     32 23     4.4     37 30     3.4     48 37     3     54 50     3.8     64 61     2.9     63 59     4.3     61 57     4.7     48 45     4.3     43 39     2.6     36 34
█ Average max. and min. temperatures in °F
█ Precipitation totals in inches

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References

  1. "Coffee Swamp". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-02-11.
  2. ^ "Coffey Swamp (No. 276)". Wisconsin State Natural Areas Program. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
  3. ^ 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
  4. "NASA EarthData Search". NASA. Retrieved 30 January 2016.

45°24′14″N 86°53′24″W / 45.404°N 86.890°W / 45.404; -86.890

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