Nearby is a more recent beaver pond with standing water and flood-killed trees and shrubs. Surrounding uplands are heavily roaded, logged, and mined.;Opening possibly created by beaver damming but now relatively dry. Community is dominated by 1m tall shrubs including Lyonia ligustrina and Hypericum densiflorum. Old rail road grade runs to one side of wetland. Rock (bedrock?) is very close to the surface, which gives the community some of the feel of a sandstone glade.
Representativeness
Entire patch of short shrub community in a large opening which has islands of tall shrub and lower areas with Juncus effusus.