Old growth swamp (see GREE.1) and dense Rhododendron thickets buffer this shrubland. It is on WestVaco land and could be impacted by logging, road-building, or sedimentation. Center of floodplain has beaver burn with herb wetland communities.;Wet floodplain of Little Laurel Creek with dense alder/holly stand. The stand is slightly sloping and carries seepage water from uplands to the floodplain. There are a few small conifers in stand and coppiced Betula alleghaniensis perhaps due to water stress.
Representativeness
Largest stand of Ilex collina I've seen to date; also this stand is in a wetland (not margin) environment.