The research station offers easy access to a wide range of characteristic pineland ecosystems, including pygmy pine forests, upland and lowland pine/oak communities, cedar swamps and aquatic and semi-aquatic habitats.
The unique combination of fire, hydrology and sandy, acid soils creates a rich mosaic of plant and animal communities available for research. Current research topics at the station include biogeochemical cycling in soil and freshwater systems; the role of mycorrhizal and saprotrophic fungi in ecosystem functioning; studies of soil fauna; and an emphasis on human impacts on ecosystems.
A weather station is located on the property and climatological records from 1989 are available upon request.