Forested with mix of canopy trees surrounded by sedge and Hypericum meadow downslope. Farther upland is deciduous/ spruce forest with little understory structure due to deer browse. Plot revisit by Brian Streets 6/7/05: Open mixed woodland swamp with dead and dying Tsuga and Abies in the overstory. Most of the trees seems stressed by inundation. The soils are very saturated. Recently flooded by beaver? Dominant vegetation: Abies balsamea - Tsuga canadensis - Acer rubrum / Ilex verticillata / Vaccinium myrtilloides / Carex gynandra - Glyceria sp.
Representativeness
Representative of north road Balsam fir islands in saturated peat lands.