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.
Sand Prairie, Mesic Prairie Clifford Messinger Dry Prairie and Savanna Combination of dry prairie, dry sand barrens and sand loams. A good assemblage of typical xeric species. Occasional brush clearing was apparent. Moderate diversity of native species. Very wet sedge meadow grading into typha marsh and willow thicket.