By the stream, you can find various levels of lowland forest – canopy trees, understory trees and shrubs, wildflowers and ferns. You would never guess this streamside area was once a lawn. The trees have naturalized since they were planted in the 1970s, and the forest that stands here is now shelter for birds, mammals, amphibians and more. The ephemeral stream ebbs and flows with seasonal rains.

The bald cypress, sweetbay magnolias and spicebush that grow along its borders are specially suited to the wet and dry conditions that fluctuate here. Skunk cabbage can be found as winter turns to spring.

 

 

 

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