Restored agricultural field adjacent to Redwood lane and owned by Shirley Heinze Land Trust.
Deer Lake includes diversity of habitats, including sphagnum mat, floating islands, and open water.
Surrounding the lake is a sphagnum mat adjacent to dense button bush and poison sumac.
One common floating plant species is watershield, with small characteristic leaves, oval in shape and with undersides covered with thick, jelly-like slime.
Another common emergent plant species is spatterdock, with thick characteristic leaves, striking yellow flower, and spongy rhizomes.
Rose pogonia is a terrestrial orchid that can be found in wet habitats among the sphagnum moss.
Sundew is one of the largest genera of carnivorous plants that can be found in dense patches among the sphagnum moss.
