Logan Creek

State Natural Area (No. 543)

Location: Door County. T29N-R27E, Sections 28, 33. 166 acres.

Access: From the intersection of Highway 57 and County V in Jacksonport, go south on 57 2.6 miles, then south on Loritz Road 0.25 miles to a parking area on the east side of the road. Trails wind through the site.

Description: Situated along the north shore of Clark Lake, Logan Creek features a northern wet-mesic forest dominated by white cedar and black ash. Canopy associates include yellow birch, balsam fir, hemlock, and white pine. Within the hummocky terrain are typical groundlayer species including common dewberry, American starflower, three-leaved goldthread, bunchberry, Labrador-tea, wintergreen, and naked miterwort. Scattered between the hummocks are pools that contains species such as marsh marigold, and sensitive fern. The southern portions of the site contain a second-growth upland hardwood forest dominated by sugar maple with beech, hemlock, white cedar, yellow birch, and black cherry. Common herbaceous plants include Canada mayflower, wild sarsaparilla, wood fern, yellow blue-bead lily, yellow trout lily, Pennsylvania sedge, sharp-lobed hepatica, and beech drops. Flowing through the site is Logan Creek, and 5.4 mile-long stream that flows southeast from Lost Lake and empties into Clark Lake. The creek is a designated an Outstanding Water Resource and supports the state-endangered small yellow crowfoot (Ranunculus gmelinii). Birds include ovenbird, red-eyed vireo, black-throated green warbler, eastern wood-pewee, great crested flycatcher, rose-breasted grosbeak, and hermit thrush. Logan Creek is owned by The Ridges Sanctuary and was designated a State Natural Area in 2007.