Highway (US Rt 250) runs adjacent to creek. Noise pollution. Uplands are mixed spruce and northern hardwoods. Along creek levees are dominated by Dicanthelium clandestinum and Solidago rugosa.;Open stunted woodland swamp/bryophyte community behind levees of a meandering low gradient creek. Hummocks support stunted spruce and shrubs with mosses and rushes dominating the wetter swales and flats. Small pools of open water occur in the lowest positions.
Representativeness
Plot is in more open area of peatland. Elsewhere it grades to a more clearly woodland physiognomy. Occurrence as whole should probably be considered woodland. Although this plot classifies as herb.