Evergreen dominant ridge-line:
A dense scattering of eastern white pine needles cover the ground. The decomposition of these needles causes the soil to be very acidic, limiting the vegetation able to grow in such conditions. The understory is mainly filled with marginal ferns, Dryopteris marginalis, and there are also scattered growths of partridge berries, Mitchella repens. There are also many rotting snags that have been cut down and cleared for trail maintenance where shiny seductive moss, Entodon seductrix, is growing.
Wetland:
The wetland and adjacent areas have much thicker vegetation and more diversity because of the moist, rich soil. Species observed in the wetland and along the ridge include . . .
- yellow avens (Geum aleppicum)
- Canadian clearweed (Pilea pumila)
- tall blue lettuce (Lactuca biennis)
- wild lettuce
- clover (Trifolium repens)
- grasses
- burdock (Arctium minus)
- early goldenrod
- bedstraw
- sensitive fern (Onoclea sensibilis)
- bittercress
