Deciduous forest surrounds beaver mosaic. An excavated farm pond with dam failure is adjacent to the complex. Private road within 100 ft of upstream end of wetland. Recent logging near upstream end. Birds recorded by Sue Olcott in the area surrounding the beaver meadow (mixed oak forest) over the course of the year: Black-and-white warbler, Ovenbird, Scarlet tanager, Rose-breasted grosbeak, Baltimore oriole.;Beaver meadow mosaic dating to 2005 in former oak - maple - blackgum floodplain. Herbaceous community with abundant snags. Dominance alternates between pure patches of inundated bur-reed and wet meadows of monkey flower and rice cutgrass.
Representativeness
Plot was placed to sample typical mosaic of bur-reed marsh, open water, and wet meadow within this large beaver meadow.