Pilot Knob Bog as a Habitat

Authors

Paul E. Smith, State University of Iowa
Richard V. Bovbjerg, State University of IowaFollow

Document Type

Research

Abstract

The purposes of this paper are to introduce some of the physical characteristics and to summarize the geological and recent history of a northern Iowa Sphagnum bog. The marshy portion of Dead Man's Lake, Pilot Knob State Park, was referred to as a bog by L. H. Pammel (1928) and described as a sphagnum mat by Grant and Thorne (1954). The park is located on the Hancock side of the Hancock-Winnebago county border in sections three and four of Ellington township. It is four miles east of Forest City.

Publication Date

1958

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

65

Issue

1

First Page

546

Last Page

553

Copyright

©1958 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Smith, Paul E. and Bovbjerg, Richard V. (1958) "Pilot Knob Bog as a Habitat," Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 65(1), 546-553.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol65/iss1/78