Wetland mosaic includes 0.03ha Carex stricta wet meadow, 0.06 ha Lyonia ligustrina over Calamagrostis shrub swamp, and open water of pond. Wetland is buffered on 3 sides by acidic Quercus prinus / Nyssa sylvatica / Gaylussacia baccata forest. To the west is an 0.3 ha clearing and hunting camp.;Woolgrass fen in headwater basin of Shavers Run. Seasonal road impacts upstream end (road is vegetated at this time) in shrub swamp above this wet meadow. Pond at downstream end is impounded by earthen dam, currently fully vegetated. Despite constraints the fen is in good condition, with a diversity of native plants and an uncompacted substrate. Plants appear well sorted along environmental gradients.
Representativeness
Typical setting for woolgrass fen along small low-gradient headwater stream.