Surrounding wetland is approximately 100 acres in size in "basin" below cleared/grazed mountaintops. Cattle graze vegetation severely but soils are not too compacted to be restored. Half of wetland will be fenced off permanently, the other half will be livestock free on a seasonal basis only. Greenbrier limestone outcrops on slopes above wetland contributing to circumneutral nature of the west end of site. Sandstone underlies east end. Various rare species associated - especially with circumneutral side of wetland. Slight alder thicket in middle of site and Rhamnus alnifolia clonal patches on east end. Wetland primarily dominated by graminoids - large Carex zones and Glyceria zones. Landowner reports that this site was a fir-spruce wet forest at turn of century when logged - none now!;Sphagnum/Glyceria dominated in low wet depressions but dry Polytrichum commune hummocks dominated by Vaccinium angustifolium cf. and Rubus hispidus -- forming numerous little microhabitats within the large Glyceria/Sphagnum wetland type. Much Coptis trifolia here - most I've ever seen. This should be lumped as one community Obs. P6 & P6A (plots POCA.5 and POCA.6).
Community occurs on the eastern "acidic" sandstone outcrop end of site.
Representativeness
Restorable, but there are large examples elsewhere - taken with whole site though - good.
