Mission Creek is my favorite park in Mt.Pleasant. When I visit Mission Creek, almost all of my tie is spent exploring the wetlands that make up more than half of the park. These wetlands are a diverse group of habitats made up of sections of cedar swamp, red maple/green ash swamp, and shrub swamp. The presence of so much water in the ground means that these habitats react a little bit differently to the seasons that the surrounding uplands habitats.
Much of the cedar swamp is deep in shade along Mission Creek. Parts of it are still covered with snow and ice. Other sections do not have any visible ice, but still have frozen ground that can support my weight.
This habitat once had large cedar trees that were logged off sometime in the past. Now only stumps remain of these monsters, hidden in the second-growth that remains.
