Fen is located on gently sloping peat mound with small springs emanating from its base. Fen is Scientific Area. Prairie Good quality dry prairie on steep slope at edge of rugged interlobate moraine. Parent material coarse, gravelly glacial till. Old gravel quarry supports dry prairie species.
Southern site appears undisturbed.
Site complex of fen, sedge meadow, shrub carr, and stream vegetation. Wet-Mesic Prairie Kettle Moraine Fen and Low Prairie Rich low prairie remnants. Forb diversity is high. Soil is mussy loam. Scientific area is a rich combination of low prairie, sedge meadow, and fen plants.