Editing Kewaunee County, Wisconsin (section)

==Species lists and coastal wetlands==
The four state recognized coastal wetlands in the county are the Kewaunee River Wetland Complex, the Black Ash Swamp Area, the Ahnapee River Wetlands, and the Duvall Swamp.<ref>[https://dnr.wi.gov/files/PDF/pubs/er/ER0803.pdf A Data Compilation and Assessment of Coastal Wetlands of Wisconsin’s Great Lakes], 2002</ref> A 1980 inventory of natural areas recognized Duvall Swamp, Alaska Bog, Krok Woods, Kewaunee River Marshes, Cosco Tamarack Woods, Broemmer Creek Headwaters, Alaska Lake, Three Mile Creek Tag Alder, Silver Lake, Krohn's Lake, and the Ahnapee River Swamps.<ref>[https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/10274/noaa_10274_DS1.pdf Natural area inventory: Wisconsin Great Lakes coast] by W. Tans and R. Dawson, 1980, Office of Coastal Management, Wisconsin DNR, 1980, pages 13-13 (pages 16-17 of the pdf)</ref> Historically, [[Hypnaceae|hypnum]] peat was produced in the county.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=WkoZSm8sXQIC&dq=%22hypnum+variety+was+produced+from+Kewaunee+County%22&pg=PA519 Minerals Yearbook, Volume 2], United States. Bureau of Mines, 1989, page 519</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ZqhOAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22At+the+northeastern+edge+of+the+city+of+Kewaunee%22&pg=PA137 The Peat Resources of Wisconsin] by Frederick William Huels, Bulletin of the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey, Issue 45, 1915</ref>

===Plants===
In 2016, 586 plant species were listed in a checklist for the county that excluded mosses, liverworts, and hornworts.<ref>[http://wisflora.herbarium.wisc.edu/checklists/checklist.php?cl=105&pid=7 Kewaunee County 2016], WisFlora, UW-Madison</ref> In 2020, 33 species of mosses, liverworts, and hornworts<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/list.php?state=Wisconsin&county=Kewaunee&db=all&page=1|title=Consortium of North American Bryophyte Herbaria|author=Mycology Collections Portal|website=(CNABH)|access-date=January 18, 2020}}</ref> and 125 species of macrofungi (including lichens) were listed for the county.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/list.php?state=Wisconsin&county=Kewaunee&db=all&page=1|title=Search for Kewaunee, Wisconsin|author=Mycology Collections Portal|website=Mycoportal|access-date=January 18, 2020}}</ref> In 1999, 8 aquatic species were found in East Alaska Lake.<ref>[https://dnr.wi.gov/lakes/grants/largereports/LPL-560-East%20Alaska%20Lake%20Plan.pdf Lake Management Plan for East Alaska Lake], page 31, Table 3-4: Aquatic Vegetation of East Alaska Lake and Relative Abundance at the Lake and State Level by the Ecological Services Division of Robert E. Lee and Associates, Inc.</ref>

===Snails===
From 1996 to 2001, researchers listed 48 species of snails in Kewaunee County, ranking eighth out of the 22 counties in the study. Nearby Door and Brown counties ranked first and second with 69 and 62 species respectively. However, they only sampled 13 areas in Kewaunee County, compared to 74 areas in Door and 28 areas in Brown. [[Deroceras|Slugs]] were found in all three counties.<ref>[http://biology.unm.edu/jnekola/nekola%20pdf/amb-18-21-44.pdf Terrestrial gastropod fauna of Northeastern Wisconsin and the Southern Upper Peninsula of Michigan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113073245/http://biology.unm.edu/jnekola/nekola%20pdf/amb-18-21-44.pdf |date=January 13, 2020 }}, Jeffrey C. Nekola, 2003, ''American Malacological Bulletin 18''(1-2)</ref>

===Birds===
As of 2020, 103 [[List of birds of Wisconsin|species of birds]] have been confirmed to breed in Kewaunee County.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ebird.org/atlaswi/county/US-WI-061?atlasPeriod=EBIRD_ATL_WI_2015&m=|title=ebird.org Checklist for Kewaunee County|access-date=January 18, 2020|date=January 18, 2020}} and {{cite web|url=https://ebird.org/atlaswi/map/scatan?neg=true&amp;env.minX=-95.64427734374999&amp;env.minY=41.907492675697185&amp;env.maxX=-81.62572265624999&amp;env.maxY=46.752190822777436&amp;zh=true&amp;gp=false&amp;ev=Z&amp;mr=1-12&amp;bmo=1&amp;emo=12&amp;yr=EBIRD_ATL_WI_2015|title=Wisconsin Breeding Bird Atlas|author=ebird.org|website=Cornell Lab of Ornithology|access-date=January 18, 2020}}</ref>

In 1911, [[passenger pigeon]]s were seen in the Black Ash Swamp. This was one of the last reported sightings in the state.<ref>[http://passengerpigeon.org/states/pages330-632.pdf A.W. Schorger notes, page 330 to page 632], last page of the pdf (pdf page 303) and [http://www.passengerpigeon.org/states/Schorger-WI.pdf index to Schorger's notes: Wisconsin] by Stanley Temple, 2014, ''Passenger Pigeon Project website'', Chicago Academy of Sciences and its Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, page 85</ref>