Located at the headwaters of Beaver Creek, New Auburn Sedge Meadow is an extensive tract of northern sedge meadow with pockets of shallow marsh and alder thicket. Situated within pitted glacial outwash, the sedge meadow is dominated by tussock sedge and American woolly-fruit sedge with Canada blue-joint grass. There is an abundance of wetland asters including boneset, Joe-pye weed, northern bog goldenrod, grass-leaved goldenrod, and giant goldenrod. Many portions of the meadow contain abundant snags of white birch � evidence of a former wet forest type condition. In the past, ditches were constructed in an attempt to drain the wetland and today the meadow is noticeably drier than other similar sites. The surrounding uplands contain a mix of second-growth aspen and young-aged northern hardwoods. New Auburn Sedge Meadow is owned by the DNR and was designated a State Natural Area in 2003.