WATERSHED HABITATS, ECOSYSTEMS, & NATURAL FEATURES
| riffles & pools | leaf packs | woody debris | wetlands |
| vernal ponds | floodplains | uplands | list of species |
The health of a watershed is as complex as the health of a body. For good water
quality, everything must work together -- a web of physical and biological connections,
many plants and animals, in many habitats.
The Bean Watershed has remarkable and unusual species. Links to the different habitats and a list of species will be posted soon. Meantime, here are photos, taken within the last year along the Bean and its tributaries.
Turtlehead in summer (left); Ohio buckeye in September (right)
American brook lampreys, April spawning in St. Joseph Cr (left);
Michigan lily (right)