Yellow birch, black cherry, with spruce coming up, and fern understory dominate the upland slope. Red spruce dominates the top of the meander scrolls, hemlock is along the river, about 50m to the west. This area has been proposed as a potential wilderness area.;This shaded herbaceous seepage community is maintained by groundwater flows from the steep slope (35 degrees) to the east. Overland flow from the river would only reach this area during a major flood (50 yr.) flood. The rivers trail passes across the lowest part of this seep, just before it enters the river, but the upper part appears undisturbed (moss, not mud, no invasives). Small overland flow channel runs the length of plot (not incised).
Representativeness
Toe slope seep impounded partly by a natural levee at the edge of a series of meander scrolls. This is a good example of a type that was probably much more common before our streams were channeled. It may be the natural counterpart of our "railroad bed im
