Michigan endangered, threatened and species of concern the in Humbug Marsh area

ENDANGERED

Fish

Pugnose Minnow (Osopoeodus emiliae Hay)*

THREATENED

Plants

Fire Pink (S. virginica)

Reptiles and Amphibians

Small-mouthed Salamander

Eastern Fox Snake

Birds

Osprey

Bald Eagle

Caspian Tern

Common Tern

SPECIAL CONCERN

Plants

Swamp Rose Mallow

Birds

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Great Egret

OTHER SPECIAL SPECIES:

Sweet grass (Hierichloe adorata)--a holy plant in

American Indian religion.

Wild Celery--food for waterfowl

* Proposed Endangered and Threatened Species List. Hearing to be held in April 1999.The 200 acre Humbug Marsh complex provides nesting, feeding and migration habitat for at least 65 species of birds. It is also critical spawningand nursery habitat for at least 45 species of fish, with some estimates of number of fish species using the area as high as 117. This is the only slow moving, shallow partof the Detroit River. The rest of the shoreline is fastmoving anddeep and so not suitable for fish reproduction. The recreationalfishery adds at least $1.5 million annually to the local economy

Horse Gentian Triosteum aurantiacum at Humbug

Photo by Chris Fielding