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Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Springs and Seeps
The springs and seeps of the Lakeshore are scattered and yet important to the habitats where they are found.  A number of springs provide important habitat for the extremely rare Michigan monkey-flower, a small plant that likes to keep its feet wet.  They also provide supplemental water to the creeks and inland lakes and provide little micro-climate areas for native plants and watering holes for animals.  There are even springs on the two islands which are used for water and which have an assortment of sedges, rushes, and forbs associated with them.  Occasionally, a tree will tap its roots into one of the springs and will then grow into a massive representative of its species.  These areas are also important frog and salamander breeding habitat because they flow year-round, do not have any predator fish, and are surrounded by limbs, brush and trees for hiding cover.
D. H. Day General Store  

Did You Know?
The D. H. Day General Store in Glen Haven has been restored and is open to the public. Come and see some of the products that were sold in the early 1900's. While you are there, you can browse the bookstore.
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