Of these, the bur oak savanna and wet-mesic prairie are most significant. Straight-trunked bur oak trees, grown in open light, cover roughly half the savanna. Clusters of mixed shrubs American hazel, Juneberry, and prickly ash are scattered about the savanna. Groundcover on the open areas include sedge, porcupine grass, big bluestem, prairie phlox, and bastard toadflax. In old meanders of the Elk River floodplain lies the wet-mesic prairie dotted with patches of Bebb's willow and slender willow.
Trembling aspen surround the prairie and shrubs.
Cowbane, prairie loosestrife, and the sedge, Carex meadii , indicate prairie diversity uncommon to this landscape area. Occurrence of these species leaves open the possibility of other significant discoveries awaiting us on the site. All rights reserved.