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Established as a park in 1961, Sahm Park, originally known as Northeastway Park, was renamed after William S. Sahm. The park has a paved, loop-trail with interpretive signage explaining examples of various habitats along the trail including wetland, prairie, savanna and forest. Notable natural features include a 20-acre flatwoods. Flatwoods are forests located on flat, poorly drained soils. Brookston and Crosby are the usual soil types found under flatwoods. Flatwoods of this type are now rare in Marion County since most have been cleared and drained for other uses. The vegetation includes tree species that are adapted to seasonally wet soils and includes some species found in floodplains (i.e. cottonwood, sycamore and silver maple) and others more typical of upland areas (i.e. sugar maple, beech, tulip, chinquapin oak and red oak). Shumard oak and swamp white oak are also present and are examples of species that are common only in areas of poorly drained soil. The largest swamp white oak in the state may be at Sahm Park. Other plants commonly encountered that are associated with flatwoods include bur sedge and spicebush. This service learning project will involve the clearing and chipping of several species of the invasive shrub amur honeysuckle (Loniceri species) from the flatwoods. Native seed will be collected including bottle brush grass, burr sedge and spice bush. In addition, acorns will be gathered which will be given to a local grower for tree production for Indy Parks. Visit the park web site for additional information: http://www.indygov.org/eGov/City/DPR/Parks/List/Sahm+Park.htm
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