The most common woody plants spotted in my area are

  • Sugar Maple – Seen in very high abundance around the sight
  • Paper Birch – Present mostly on the outer stream edge where there has been a disturbance from building roads
  • Boxelder – In small numbers
  • Ash – In small numbers
  • Buckthorn – In small numbers
  • Eastern White Pine – A few older conifers found further up the hill from the stream
  • Honey suckle – They thrive very well in this area and has out dominated many local plants

Most of the trees are in younger with only about 15% being bigger, older trees. There is a decent amount of understory and young saplings growing. In addition, the ground is full of ferns and other small plants with a few honey suckles near the stream edge. I also spotted some poison ivy.