Salal, ferns, berry bush and skunk cabbage are commonly found undergrowth. The area features yellow birch, red maple, blue beech, and skunk cabbage. Its flora included cattail, skunk cabbage, and moss. There are also several skunk cabbage seeps on the slope. Some blowflies, such as "Calliphora vomitoria" are known pollinators of skunk cabbage. Black bears have been seen in the skunk cabbage growing along the boardwalk. The best known species is "Symplocarpus foetidus", commonly called "skunk cabbage". These plants are known commonly as skunk cabbage or less often as swamp lantern. Pharmacopoeia listed eastern skunk cabbage as the drug "dracontium". It is covered by hemlock and hardwood forests, as well as skunk cabbage seeps. These include dame's rocket, jewelweed, skunk cabbage, Indian cucumber-root, and numerous others. Eastern skunk cabbage has leaves which are large, long and broad. Skunk cabbage ("Symplocarpus foetidus") is found here. Eastern skunk cabbage has contractile roots which contract after growing into the earth. During the Spring, Skunk cabbage is the first to bloom in January.