Nashoba Headwaters aka 777 Traditional Cache
Nashoba Headwaters aka 777
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If you choose your path wisely, you will be treated to a view of an interesting geologic formation, the purple sands of the Meridian-Upper Wilcox aquifer. If you choose a different path, you will probably be treated to a view of many steep hills and dense new-growth forest.
Some Natural History:
The Wolf River's name is derived from that of the Red Wolf, which was abundant in Southwest Tennessee when the first settlers of European ancestry arrived and French mappers began documenting what they saw.
The Wolf River Watershed drains about 819 square miles, 258 square miles of which lie in Mississippi, and empties in to the Mississippi River just north of the Pyramid in Memphis. There are 407 stream miles in the Mississippi portion of the watershed.
The Wolf River area is home to deer, otter, mink, bobcat, fox, coyote, turkey and a wide variety of waterfowl. Migrating osprey, great egret, and bald eagle have been spotted along this river as well. There are Tennessee state record trees located in its bottomland forests, including a Tupelo Gum that is 17 feet (5.2 m) in circumference. Other hardwoods include green ash, red maple, swamp chestnut oak, blackgum, and the majestic bald cypress. Native flowering plants include cardinal flower, ironweed, swamp iris, false loosestrife, spatterdock, swamp rose, blue phlox and spring cress.
Beneath the Wolf River’s surface, 25 species of freshwater mussels (unionidae) have been documented. Their dependence on good water quality makes them vulnerable to pollution.
A growing number of these species of plants and animals can be found in the urban reaches of the Wolf in Memphis, as the legacy of community action and the Clean Water Act slowly heals the degraded downstream section.
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