Calamus Swamp
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| Calamus Swamp | |
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| Calamus Swamp Nature Preserve | |
 Calamus Swamp | |
  Location within Ohio  Calamus Swamp (the United States) | |
| Location | Pickaway County, Ohio |
| Nearest city | Circleville, OH |
| Coordinates | 39°35′N 83°0′W / 39.583°N 83.000°W |
| Area | 19 acres (7.7 ha) |
| Established | 2000 |
Calamus Swamp is a 19-acre (0.077 km2) public preserve located 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from Circleville in Pickaway County, Ohio, United States. It has a natural kettle lake/wetland and is owned by the Columbus Audubon, the local chapter of Audubon.
Calamus Swamp includes the only known kettle lake in central Ohio that is naturally vegetated and undisturbed. The kettle lake was made in the last ice age by the glacier that covered 2/3 of Ohio.[citation needed]
When Ada May Burke and Sally V. May received the land, they donated it to Columbus Audubon, who then converted the land into a public preserve.
Plant life
According to the Columbus Audubon website,[1] Calamus Swamp has a unique plant community. Because of the moist soil, trees such as the American elm, Green Ash and, in places, Red and Silver maples can be found in the swamp forest.