Species listed below are most likely found in the community. Click here , for a complete list of species that may grow in this forest. Black spruce is absent in conifer swamps growing in southern Wisconsin. Bog rosemary, Labrador tea. Most groundlayer species have small, inconspicuous flowers.
Sphagnum moss is abundant.
The well-known insectivorous plants, pitcher plant and sundew, are members of the northern wet forest. Young forests may contain pure stands of black spruce on peat beds or pure stands of tamarack surrounding open water. Often dense patches of canopy trees are interspersed with open spaces filled with low-growing evergreen shrubs such as bog rosemary, Labrador tea, leatherleaf, and wintergreen. Fine clay to coarse sand. Moderately poor to very poor drainage.