The table below sums up the important points of the wetlands surveyed by group IV:
S. No.
Name of Wetland
Altitude
Management
Pressures
Special Features
Invasive species(Wattle, Ulux,Cytissus,Lantana)
Grazing
Cultural-
significance
for
1
Bison Swamp
2300
PA
Wattle
inflows-6; outflows-3, deep,clear water; large area
Y
TODAS
2
Eddapalli
2033
Open Access
Grazing, panchayat wells, warehouse, tea
inflows-7; outflows-2; insectivorous plants; religious significance; encroachment. Imp source for Cnr; medium size, wetland birds
BADAGAS
3
Emerald
1927
vegetables, grazing, encroachment, eucalyptus & wattle, tea
perennial water source; medium size; inflows-3, outflow-1;
4
Tirsigadi-1
1937
vegetables, grazing, encroachment; euca, tea
religious significance; waste; summer dry; concrete footpaths;
KOTAS
5
Tirsigadi-2
1960
vegetable
butterflies, small size, fencing by default; Kota religious ground; cutoff by road;
6
Tirsigadi-3
1949
vegetable, grazing, tea
fencing by default, insectivorous plants, siphoning/draining for veg,
7
O'valley
1231
pvt
coffee, encroachment
bird diversity, medicinal plants, converted for agri; yellow-gray soil; baigai maram; vasambu
8
Konavakarai
1733
sanitation, garbage, drinking water
high bird diversity, vasambu; surrounded by village, no protection, concrete footpath; baigai maram
9
Burside / Pathimattam
1495
PA/Pvt
tea, vegetables, grazing, waste, burial
Many shola trees, Outflow steam feeds to the Kolithorai river, large area
10
Curzon
Pvt
Grazing, tea
root zone cleaning, clean water, feeding into Hallimoyar, medium area
11
Mailoor
1692
altered vegetation, tea
manipulated by closing outflow; baigai maram, wetland birds, introduced fishes
12
Kaatery
vegetable, submergence for reservoir
very big, source at Dodabetta, water for Cordite factory, silt monitoring stn,
13
Mundakund
875
Pvt/Encroached
vegetable, tea,
large area, surrounded by forest areas on some sides, high inflow during rainy, soil - grey, diff grasses,
KN
14
Governor Shola
2168
vegetable, scotch broom, wattle, pine, grazing
large area, spl vegn, close to Paimund shola as well as Ooty dump, feeds into Bhavani