Basins dammed to build Sleepy Creek Lake. Other swamps in nearby headwaters include red maple / sedge and pin oak. Canopy becomes more open to SE from plot, towards wetter ground, grades to upland to NW.;Wetland edge at slope bottom in floodplain of beaver influenced, muddy banked creek at the head of a reservoir basin (possibly beyond reach of frequent back up flooding). Community is a woodland with pitch pine, red maple, white oak. Multiple size classes of pitch pine and at least some seedling saplings are present.
Representativeness
Long narrow plot to stay in wetland / woodland. Entire small patch of open canopy wetland edge with pitch pine and lush, diverse herb layer. Possibly similar to better developed stands at Short Mt. WMA.