Kimberly run preserve
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| View northwest to Rt. 219 from field on Kimberly Run parcel
Plants dominating the field are cool-season European species such as Timothy, as well as native warm-season grasses such as switchgrass and big bluestem, with wetland associates such as kill cow at seep edges at the foot of slopes. The native grasses owe their presence to the State Game Commission, which is actively managing the fields at Kimberly Run Preserve with warm-season grass plantings for upland game birds. Butterflies and dragonflies are frequent in summer fields, including Aphrodite fritillary, European skipper and common wood nymph. Breeding birds of the field habitats include some open grassland species such as Eastern meadowlark, field sparrow, grasshopper sparrow and savannah sparrow. However, some of the less-common grassland species are not found, notably Henslow’s sparrow (though it was present for few years in the mid-1990’s) and bobolinks. forest Oak-pine and mixed hemlock-hardwood forest covers the majority of uplands at Kimberly Run Preserve. While this forest is generally characterized as mature second growth, there is evidence of relatively recent scattered cutting of individual trees (<50 years), evidenced by stumps and skid trails. Fortunately, this cutting does not appear to have caused major soil disturbance on the eastern side of Kimberly Run. 
Anguispira alternata, flamed disc a forest snail at Kimberly Run Preserve Larry Watrous photo © White pine and oaks are more prevalent on the upper slopes on the east side of the preserve, perhaps indicating a past history of fire and clearing, while hemlock is prevalent on lower slopes, grading into patches of hemlock swamp around streams and wetlands. There are some notable patches of hemlock regeneration in small gaps on both sides of Kimberly Run approaching the preserve’s Southwestern boundary. Chickadees, woodpeckers, and fisher tracks are seen in this forest in winter. Wetland hemlock stands occupy the areas around hillside springs, bog wetlands and flatter habitats adjacent to Kimberly Run, especially on the east side. Most of these mature stands have open understories, though the wettest of these stands along Kimberly Run have thick populations of skunk cabbage in summer. Salamanders, such as the two-lined, and speckled Philomycid slugs inhabit these shaded conifer stands. A few magnolia warblers occur in some areas of complex hemlock structure. 
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