Small fen dominated by Carex. Several shrub zones of Cornus and a large wooded zone of Tamarack, Cornus, and poplur. Autumn olive encroaching on edges and some within fen on northern side. Nirdlingers maintain surrounding prairie. Homeowner to north manacures land in the lawn fashion to the edge of his property. Less than 6m east of line of tamarack trees in southern portion of fen. Tamaracks are bordered by shrubs into a field of Carex stricta heading east from tamaracks. Near shrub/Carex edge. Dominant shrub Cornus, herb C. stricta (blooming). Ground wet, puddles form where walking, squishy noises, hummocky.
See Book II: Jake's entry for details. Population - clumped. ~5-7 individuals per m2 area for ~30m2. Seen with asters, Carex, Iris, and Cornus. On extremely moist soil in a sunnier region