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3.69 Acres in Cass County Located off the busy M-51 highway, you can walk less than 150 feet from a sturdy deck and walkway observe wildlife and birds singing. This sanctuary has twenty-four native tree species and contains many kinds of spring wildflowers. One of the twenty-four native tree species identified here in this southern floodplain forest is the paw paw tree which produces an edible fruit known as Michigan’s “wild banana.” The short trail will take you across old Dowagiac Creek and then to the Dowagiac River running along the northwest boundary of the sanctuary. Interesting plants to look for along the way include skunk cabbage, white trillium, jack-in-the-pulpit, golden ragwort and bottle gentian. This sanctuary was generously donated to MNA by three sisters: Dr. Josephine F. Murphy, Marguerite Murphy, and Elizabeth L. Murphy. |
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