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Singer Lake Bog

Coordinates: 40°55′00″N 81°29′11″W / 40.9168°N 81.48625°W / 40.9168; -81.48625
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Singer Lake Bog
Map showing the location of Singer Lake Bog
Map showing the location of Singer Lake Bog
Map of Ohio
LocationSummit County, Ohio
Nearest cityGreen
Coordinates40°55′00″N 81°29′11″W / 40.9168°N 81.48625°W / 40.9168; -81.48625
Area344 acres (139 ha)
Governing bodyThe Cleveland Museum of Natural History
www.cmnh.org/discover/nature/Natural-Areas-Program/Museum-Natural-Areas

Singer Lake Bog is a 344-acre nature preserve in the U.S. state of Ohio. It is owned by the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.[1] With more than fifty acres of leatherleaf bog, it is the largest of its kind in the state of Ohio. Within the nature preserve is a five acre kettle lake bog that features tamarack, poison sumac, cranberries, northern purple pitcher plant, round-leaved sundew and sphagnum.

It is located in southern Summit County near the city of Green, Ohio.

Flora

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It is home to two carnivorous plants: the northern purple pitcher plant and the round-leaved sundew.

Animals

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The bog is home to animals such as beavers, and squirrels. There have been wild domestic cats spotted at this bog.

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