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Sylvania Wilderness
Wilderness Area
in
Ottawa NF
near
Land O' Lakes
in
WI
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MI
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Sylvania Wilderness is an 18,327 acres (7,417 ha) protected area located a few miles west of Watersmeet Township, Michigan. Sylvania is located entirely within the bounds of the Ottawa National Forest, and is currently being managed as a wilderness area as part of the National Wilderness Preservation System by the U.S. Forest Service. Within its borders lie 34 lakes set against a backdrop of old-growth forests. It represents one of only a handful of such areas left in the Midwest.
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Cedar-1 Campsite
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Trails
(35)
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Cub Lake Trail
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High Lake Paddle Route
Plants
Eurasian Watermilfoil
Myriophyllum verticillatum (species),
“Whorled Water-Milfoil”, “Whorl-Leaf Watermilfoil”, “Whorled Leaf Water Milfoil”, “Whorled Milfoil”
5
Observations
JAN - DEC
Reed Canarygrass
Phalaris arundinacea (species),
“Reed-Grass”
3
Observations
JAN - DEC
Spinulum annotinum
SPECIES
1
Observation
JAN - DEC
Water Forget-Me-Not
Myosotis scorpioides (species),
“True Forget-Me-Not”
1
Observation
JAN - DEC
Birds
Black-Capped Chickadee
Poecile atricapillus (species),
“Parus Atricapillus”, “Poecile Atricapilla”
101
Observations
JAN - DEC
Common Loon
Gavia immer (species),
“Great Northern Loon”, “Great Northern Diver”, “Loon”
101
Observations
JAN - DEC
Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus (species),
“American Eagle”
83
Observations
JAN - DEC
American Robin
Turdus migratorius (species)
80
Observations
JAN - DEC
Red-Breasted Nuthatch
Sitta canadensis (species)
72
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Taxonomy
Region
49
Protected Area
33
Wilderness Area
1
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Sylvania Wilderness
Sylvania Wilderness
Sylvania Wilderness
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