To the N is plot JEFF.22 a Carex pellita - Carex stricta - Eupatorium maculatum patch. To the E ca. 50 m is a thin band of sycamore - silver maple forest. To the W ca. 30 m is a cattail stand. Beyond that is another thin patch of forest. To the N is more cattail. Part of large marl wetland under TNC easment.;Open sunny herbaceous fen dominated by giant burreed with hooded skullcap and common monkey flower. There is a T2 Salix nigra tree on the N edge of plot. One of its branches has broken down into the plot but is still connected and alive.
Representativeness
Small patch of giant burreed fen. Plot was placed to highlight cover of Sparganium eurycarpum. This community type has been observed in other smaller patches while sampling Altona swamp. Most observations of this species have been in herbaceous oxbows alo