Previously farmed, now coming back to native marsh and old field.;Depression on floodplain of creek with limestone lithology. Cattail marsh is centered on wettest area near pond. Community is dominated by cattail with some open patches having abundant Schoeniplectus pungens. Putative rare Polygonum amphibium is also abundant vegetatively. Water is 1-6 " deep at May sample date. May represent native marl marsh invaded by cattails.
Representativeness
Center of small patch of cattail marxh. Includes clonal patches of other graminoidswith less Typha cover. Plot has water wells established by Patti Faulkner. EPCSEM.