Radio observatory in valley bottom mostly converted to agriculture and residences. Upslope is a disturbed shrub swamp with St. John's wort, spireae etc. Population of Carex pelita is in open area on edge of forested swamp with shrub-herb wetland.;Valley Bottom depression with drainage from upslope. Fine textured soils hold water. Community is a deciduous forest strongly dominated by medium size swamp white oak with blue beech abundant in subcanopy. Ground layer has areas of blackened litter in depressions which held water interspersed with clumpy sedges and skunk cabage. Evidence of flow into and through plot is dispersed with no obvious main channels.
Representativeness
Small patch of forested wetland. Individual large trees are located outside of plot. Other areas of swamp have large red maples.
