A rare oak savanna located at Kitty Todd State Nature Preserve in the Oak Openings region of Northwest Ohio.
A rare oak savana located at Kitty Todd State Nature Preserve in the Oak Openings region of Northwest Ohio. The Oak Openings region was originally characterized by a series of windblown sand dunes and wetlands that were saturated in winter and spring and extremely dry in summer. These conditions gave rise to vegetation ranging from dry sand barren and oak savanna on the raised dunes to moist sedge meadow and wet prairie in the low-lying swales. Kitty Todd supports a number of these small sand dunes, interesting examples of the unusual geology of the Oak Openings region.
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Location: Kitty Todd Nature Preserve, Old State Line Road, Swanton, OH, USA
Photo credit: © Michael Shake / Alamy / Afripics
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