The Landscape
| Prior to the consequences of early European settlement and modern urban development, the study area was a landscape of oak, aspen, pine, and grassland. | ||
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The study area was bisected by several major rivers, which offered timber and ready water access. However, the land away from the river was a mixture of sandy plains which supported some grasses and oak groves (see map: oak openings_barrens), and variety of marshy areas (see map : wet prairie, lakes). Note how widespread and dotted these areas are.
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The gray-blue color shows wet prairie areas from the map above. Note how segmented the land in Anoka County was. |
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