A large area of open muskeg occurred on the lake-modified till at the south edge of the subsection in Koochiching and St. Louis Counties. White pine-red pine forests dominated the thin ground moraine to the east. Jack pine forest and aspen-birch forest again became dominant at the east edge, where the soils were thinnest. Most of the subsection remains forested. The subsection is an important source of aspen for pulpwood.
Inventory is insufficient on most plant communities here.
None identified to date. Little plant inventory has been done. Little animal inventory has been done. Myrtle Lake Peatland. George Washington, Kabetogama, Koochiching, and Sturgeon River.