Pukaite Woods at Mequon Rotary Park in Mequon
This 18-acre woodland with an accessible trail system sits at the far end of the much larger (75-acre) Mequon Rotary Park. Invasive buckthorn has been managed with the use of goats so successfully that the spring ephemerals have bounced back spectacularly. Spring flowers include wild geranium, iris, jack-in-the-pulpit, spring beauties, Jacob’s ladder, trillium, wild strawberry, buttercups, bluebells, and several varieties of violet. The woodland includes a remnant oak savanna and a meadow.
Mequon Rotary Park, by contrast, is developed for recreation with picnic tables, softball diamonds, basketball court, soccer fields, playground, restrooms, and two large pavilions and one gazebo that can be rented. Two large ponds are popular for fishing and the wide open spaces attract kite fliers.
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Gallery (click to enlarge)
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- Goats browsing on healthy buckthorn
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- Goats in denuded buckthorn patch
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- White trillium
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- Jack in the Pulpit
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- Bristly buttercups
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- Virginia bluebells
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- Common ninebark
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- Crab apple blossoms
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- Healthy woodland
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- Jacob’s ladder
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- Mayapples
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- Spring beauties
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- Wild strawberry
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- Yellow violet
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- Maple in autumn
Address
4100 W Highland Road53097, Mequon, WI, US