MI Slang
Michiganders often call this small game bird a partridge.
What is a Ruffed Grouse?
These temporary ponds fill with snow melt and spring rain, providing breeding habitat for frogs and salamaners
What are vernal pools?
This ecosystem covers more than half of michigan and provides habitat for bears, birds and countless other species
What is a forest?
This predator's behavior has closed down campgrounds on Isle Royale recently.
What is a gray wolf?
Michigan is bordered by how many Great Lakes?
What is four?
This nickname refers to people who live in Michigan's Upper Peninsula
What are Yoopers?
Towering nearly 450 feet above Lake Michigan these famous sand dunes are named after a Native American legend
What is Sleeping Bear Dunes?
Wolves, Foxes, Hawks, Bears and Weasels all share this ecological role
What is a predator?
The states nickname is derived from this extirpated carnivore.
What is a wolverine?
These underground layers of rock and soil store freshwater that supplies many Michigan wells
What are aquifers?
During the winter, anglers say they're "on hard water" when they are fishing on this.
What is ice?
Michigan's highest natural point, found in the Upper Peninsula, stands 1,979 feet above sea level
What is Mount Arvon?
Vultures and millipedes both share this ecological role
What is a detrivore?
This threatend species is the only venomous snake in the state.
What is the Eastern Massagaua?
These natural areas help filter pollutants, reduce flooding and improve water quality
What are wetlands?
In Michigan, "opening day" without any other context usually refers to this season.
What is firearm deer season?
These massive sheets highly influnced michigan's landscape
What are glaciers?
This process helps maintain Michigan's oak savannah and prairies by preventing trees from taking over.
What is fire (Wildfire/Prescribed fire)?
Despite its name, it looks nothing like man's best friend. It stays aquatic its whole life, unlike most amphibians
What is a mudpuppy?
These invasive mussels filter large amounts of water, dramatically changing the Great Lakes ecosystem
What is the Zebra and Quagga Mussel?
Some say this area starts at the knuckles
What is "up north"?
Kettle lakes, kames, moraines and eskers are landforms created during what epoch or period of Michigan's past.
What was the Pleistocene Epoch, or Last Ice Age?
This type of wetland has acidic, nutrient-poor water and is often home to sphagnum moss and carnivorous plants
What is a bog?
Michigan's only native lizard. Known by its Disctinvcive lines which are a prime number
What is a 5 lined skink?
The Great Lakes hold this percentage of the world's surface freshwater.
What is 20%?