Niagara Frontier Botanical Society Field Trip to Moss Lake on August 14, 2021 at 8:30am.Moss Lake, east of Rushford in Allegany County. FREE and open to public.
Meet in East Aurora at the parking lot behind the theater on Main Street
Contact Joanne Schlegel if you plan to attend at 835-6042.
Designated a National Natural Landmark, the most outstanding feature of Moss Lake Preserve is its 15-acre bog lake. As the last continental glacier retreated some 15,000 years ago, a large block of ice was surrounded or buried by gravel carried by the glacier. The ice melted, leaving behind a water-filled depression. Eventually, a sphagnum moss mat grew over much of the open water, thus giving it the name Moss Lake.
