Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center

Classification of Natural Ponds and Lakes
in the Glaciated Prairie Region

Plate 11


gif -- Slightly Brackish Pond (intermediate between III-B-2 and IV-B-2) with Emergent Vegetation of Central Zone
Plate 11. Slightly brackish pond (intermediate between III-B-2 and IV-B-2) with emergent vegetation of central zone, composed of a mixture of deep-marsh species, dominated by hardstem bulrush (Scirpus acutus), and shallow-marsh species, dominated by slough sedge (Carex atherodes). July 13, 1964, Stutsman County, N. Dak.


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