Guide to Significant Wildlife Habitat - Door County Web Map
Guide to Significant Wildlife Habitat - Door County Web Map
Guide to Significant Wildlife Habitat - Door County Web Map
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• A white cedar-basswood-quaking aspen forest has a dense unders<strong>to</strong>ry of red-osier dogwood,<br />
chokecherry, exotic honeysuckle (Lonicera spp.), red raspberry, and Canada yew (Judziewicz and<br />
Kopitzke 1999). There are few herbs and no rare plant species recorded.<br />
• Herring gulls are known <strong>to</strong> nest on the island.<br />
Little Strawberry Island<br />
• Little Strawberry Island is 6 acres in size, and is located in Green Bay just <strong>to</strong> the north of Adventure<br />
Island. Nesting cormorants and gulls threaten the native vegetation of the island (Judziewicz and<br />
Kopitzke, 1999). The island is privately owned, and is predominantly natural area. A small cabin is<br />
located at the east end of the island.<br />
• Little Strawberry Island is in the Town of Gibraltar. Gibraltar has adopted the county’s zoning<br />
ordinance.<br />
• Soils are nearly level <strong>to</strong> sloping on old glacial lake beach ridges. Dolos<strong>to</strong>ne bedrock is at a depth of<br />
40 or more inches (USDA SCS 1978).<br />
• Vegetation is dominated by stands of basswood and the unders<strong>to</strong>ry plant cow-parsnip (Heracleum<br />
lanatum). There are a few remnant mesic forest herbs such as dicentras (Dicentra canadensis and D.<br />
cucullaria) and yellow trout-lily (Erythronium americanum) (Judziewicz and Kopitzke 1999).<br />
• There are no known rare plant or animal species on Little Strawberry Island.<br />
Jack Island<br />
Jack Island is a 5-acre, low, brushy island in the waters of Green Bay. The island was once<br />
forested and housed a resort in the 1930’s. Because of breeding colonies of gulls and cormorants<br />
vegetation on the island has been severely altered. Jack Island is connected <strong>to</strong> Little Strawberry Island. It<br />
is possible at times <strong>to</strong> wade between the two islands, as well as Pirate Island, a shoal located a short<br />
distance <strong>to</strong> the northeast of Jack Island (Judziewicz and Kopitzke 1999).<br />
• Jack Island is in the Town of Gibraltar. Gibraltar has adopted the county’s zoning ordinance.<br />
• The island is privately owned and maintained in a natural state.<br />
• Soils are nearly level <strong>to</strong> sloping on old glacial lake beach ridges. Dolos<strong>to</strong>ne bedrock is at a depth of<br />
40 or more inches (USDA SCS 1978).<br />
• Herring gulls and cormorants are the conspicuous nesting species. It is unknown what other animal<br />
species are present, as comprehensive surveys have not been conducted.<br />
• Vegetation is comprised of a few dead cot<strong>to</strong>nwoods among red-osier dogwoods, and red-berried<br />
elders. Exotic herbs such as motherwort and catnip are abundant (Judziewicz and Kopitzke 1999).<br />
• No rare plant or animal species are known from Jack Island. However, in 2002, a nesting colony of<br />
the state endangered Caspian Tern (Sterna caspia) was found on Pirate Island.<br />
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