Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Massachusetts, USA: A Wetland of Distinction

Abstract

Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge is an approximately 100-hectare wetland complex located in suburban eastern Massachusetts, about 26 km northwest of Boston (Figure 1). It is comprised of two complexes that fall within the floodplain of the Sudbury and Concord Rivers. It lies within the Southern New England Coastal Plains and Hills Ecoregion, an area comprised of generally flat areas with a few low hills (Griffith et al. 2009).