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Interspersion of vegetation forms in the wetland is moderate. The area is composed mainly of large swamp regions of Silver Maple, Black and Red Ash, Jewelweed, Sensitive Fern, White Birch, alders, grasses and horsetails, interspersed with marsh areas of Pickerelweed, cattails, grasses, spike-rush, horsetails and sedges (Glooschenko et al., 1988).
There are also patches of Labrador Tea, Showy Lady's Slipper, Winterberry and sphagnum mosses. Since these are typical bog species their presence may indicate that these areas were once bogs (Glooschenko et al., 1988).
Dominant Vegetation Forms (Boxall and Poropat, 1993):
66% deciduous trees, 23% coniferous trees, 5% tall shrubs, 3% narrow-leaved emergents, and 3% robust emergents;
Vegetation Communities (Boxall and Poropat, 1993):
One form
M5: narrow-leaved emergents- Phalaris arundinacea;
Two forms
M2: narrow-leaved emergents- Phalaris arundinacea; Typha angustifolia;
S6: tall shrubs- Acer rubrum; Typha latifolia;
M6: narrow-leaved emergents- Phalaris arundinacea; Lythrum salicaria;
Three forms
S1: tall shrubs- Fraxinus nigra; Fraxinus nigra trees; Phalaris arundinacea;
M1: narrow-leaved emergents- Phalaris arundinacea, Sparganium eurycarpmen, Carex sp.; Utricularia vulgaris; Limnobium spongia;
M3: narrow-leaved emergents- Phalaris arundinacea, Carex sp.; Typha latifolia; dead deciduous trees;
S4: deciduous trees- Acer rubrum, Fraxinus nigra; Fraxinus nigra, Acer rubrum shrubs; grasses, Carex sp.;
S7: deciduous trees- Acer rubrum, Acer saccharinum; Acer rubrum, Acer saccharinum shrubs; Onoclea sensibilis;
S12: tall shrubs- Salix bebbianna, Salix sp.; Spiraea alba, Salix sp.; Phalaris arundinacea;
S14: coniferous trees- Thuja occidentalis, Picea glauca; Thuja occidentalis; moss;
Four forms
S2: tall shrubs- Fraxinus nigra, Salix sp.; Cornus stolonifera, Cornus obliqua, Salix sp.; Eupatorium perfoliatum, Eupatorium maculatum; Carex sp., grasses;
S3: tall shrubs- Acer rubrum, Fraxinus nigra; Typha latifolia; Phalaris arundinacea; Lythrum salicaria;
S5: deciduous trees- Acer rubrum, Acer saccharinum; Acer rubrum; Carex sp., grasses; Calla palustris;
S9: deciduous trees- Acer rubrum, Acer saccharinum, Fraxinus nigra; Acer rubrum, Cornus stolonifera, Cornus obliqua; Cornus obliqua, Rhamnus cathartica; Impatiens capensis, Onoclea sensibilis, Galium palustre;
S11: tall shrubs- Fraxinus nigra, Acer rubrum, Salix sp.; Cornus obliqua, Salix sp.; Typha latifolia; Impatiens capensis, Thelypteris palustris;
S16: tall shrubs- Alnus rugosa, Cornus stolonifera, Cornus obliqua; Alisma triviale, Calla palustris; Impatiens capensis, Galium palustre; grasses, Carex sp.;
M7: robust emergents- Typha latifolia; Calla palustris, Alisma triviale; Galium palustre, Impatiens capensis; Carex sp., grasses;
S17: deciduous trees- Acer rubrum, Fraxinus nigra; Typha latifolia; Impatiens capensis, Thelypteris palustris; Carex sp., grasses;
Five forms
S10: deciduous trees- Fraxinus nigra, Acer rubrum; Thuja occidentalis, Alnus rugosa, Rhamnus cathartica; Thuja occidentalis, Rhamnus cathartica; Lysimachia ciliata, Amphicarpa bracteata; Carex lastrata, Carex sp., grasses;
S13: coniferous trees- Thuja occidentalis, Larix laricina, Picea glauca; Thuja occidentalis, Abies balsamea; Cornus stolonifera, Thuja occidentalis; Onoclea sensibilis, Cystopteris bulbifera, Coptis groenlandica; moss;
Six forms
M4: robust emergents- Typha latifolia; Sparganium eurycarpum, Carex comosa, Phalaris arundinacea; Lythrum salicaria; Limnobium spongia, Utricularia vulgaris, Ceratophyllum demersum; dead deciduous trees;
Seven forms
S15: coniferous trees- Thuja occidentalis; Fraxinus nigra, Acer rubrum trees; Thuja occidentalis, Fraxinus nigra, Acer rubrum shrubs; Cornus stolonifera, Thuja occidentalis; Onoclea sensibilis, Impatiens capensis; Carex sp., grasses; moss;
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