Hemlock - spruce woodland surrounds this community except where it opens onto the beaver-influenced open alluvial wetland of Yellow Creek. Protected wilderness area setting. Woodland has similar species without Carex canescens and Rubus hispidus, but with some drier mosses (Leucobryum).;Tall (30-70cm) Polytrichum commune hummocks in wet open area near headwater stream Yellow Creek. This community is off to the side of the alluvial wetland. A small, nearly stagnant channel runs through the hummocks to feed Yellow Creek. This community grades into hemlock swamp. Spruce tree on periphery is 74 years old.
Representativeness
Tall Polytrichum hummocks similar to Whitmeadow Run but with more shrub/tree invasion