Avon Bottoms contains a lowland hardwood forest amidst a tangle of sloughs and oxbows in southwestern Rock County. It is a small portion of the 3500+ acre Avon Bottoms State Wildlife Area, which also contains Swenson Wet Prairie SNA. The easiest access is via one of two parking areas on Nelson Road, one on either…
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Swenson Wet Prairie, SNA #64 (53/674)
Swenson Wet Prairie contains a small wet-mesic prairie and sedge meadow as well as a degraded savanna and old river channels. It is easily found at the corner of CTH T and Smith Rd with a large parking area found off of the latter. It is part of the expansive Avon Bottoms State Wildlife Area…
