Oak barrens also share similarities with the drier side of oak openings, particularly where they occur along sandy river terraces and shallow sandy soil over sandstone bedrock. In these settings, tree …

Pin Oak (Quercus palustris), a Wisconsin Special Concern plant, is found in southern floodplain forests. Blooming occurs throughout May, fruiting late-July through early-September. The optimal …

MAP 1-1 TOWN OF PINE LAKE AND SURROUNDING AREAS Oneida County, Wisconsin 0 7000

Oak woodland is a type of savanna that is intermediate between more open oak opening and more closed canopied oak forests. It tends to be dominated by members of white oak group, especially …

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Most of the streams in the watershed drain to Knapp Creek. Knapp Creek empties into the Wisconsin River above Boscobel. Land cover in the watershed is mostly broad leaf deciduous forest, although a …

Canada Mountain Ricegrass (Piptatheropsis canadensis), a Wisconsin Special Concern plant, is found in pine and oak barrens and open oak woodlands. Blooming occurs late-June through early-July, …

The steep slopes between valley bottom and ridgetop, unsuitable for raising crops, grew into oak-dominated forests after the ubiquitous presettlement wildfires were suppressed. Current vegetation is …

The largest percentage of land cover in the watershed is broad-leaf deciduous forest. Agriculture, particularly dairying, is the largest land use in the watershed. There are significant grassland, forest …

The major forested type is oak-hickory, with smaller amounts of white-red-jack pine, maple-basswood, lowland hardwoods, aspen-birch, and spruce-fir. The Lower Baraboo River Watershed has a variety …