Button Island (Massachusetts)
- Button Island (Massachusetts)
Button Island is an island in the Hingham Bay area of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area. The island has a permanent size of under convert|1|acre|m2|sing=on, plus an intertidal zone of a further convert|116|acre|km2, and is composed of a massing of glacial till which rises to a height of convert|10|ft|m above sea level. The island is managed by the town of Hingham, and access is by private boat only.[cite web| title = Button Island Factsheet | url = http://www.bostonislands.org/factsheet_template.asp?rsIslands__MMColParam=butt | publisher = Boston Harbor Islands Partnership | accessdate = October 6 | accessyear = 2006] ]The island is notable for a large oak tree, which together with several smaller oaks, cedars, and sumac cover the island. Shrub species such as bayberry and dewberry can also be found. Grasses and sea-lavender populate the inter-tidal zone.[cite web| title = Button Island Factsheet | url = http://www.bostonislands.org/factsheet_template.asp?rsIslands__MMColParam=butt | publisher = Boston Harbor Islands Partnership | accessdate = October 6 | accessyear = 2006] ]References
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