Part of larger wetland complex (Alder Run Bog) in Mon. Forest. Bounded by cottongrass / cranberry peatland.;Above old beaver dam (breached in 1979). This area was probably under water for > 10 years prior to abandonment of beaver dam.
Representativeness
This is similar to other Carex echinata / Sphagnum communities on Spruce Knob (third drainage south of lake), in the Abe Run wetland on the East Fork of the Greenbrier, and elsewhere.