Immediately surrounding the wetland is a zone of upland spruce with Vaccinium erythrocarpum present but low understory cover due to dog hair spruce stands. Above that is northern hardwoods with some spruce. Spruce again dominates on ridgetop in doghair stands.;Shrub wetland with mostly annual stems of Spiraea tomentosa in a large beaver-influenced wetland. Lots of down old snags and some standing snags. Seems slightly drier than strictly herbaceous types. Gentle seepage slope, out of natural floodplain but flooded after beaver damming which killed trees. Spruce regeneration started in this community type.
Representativeness
Several small patches, this is biggest. Small patch of successional community dominated by Spiraea tomentosa.