Black Farm Management Area has a total land area of approximately 245 acres. The area is largely comprised of a mixed forest of hardwoods and evergreens consisting of oaks, maples, white pine and pitch pine. Upland forest is dominated by hardwood stands of red and white oak with scattered white and pitch pine. Areas of pine barren type exist in the central property around Plain Pond, extending north along the abandoned railroad bed. Plain Pond, located in the center of the area, is a shallow naturally occurring kettle hole pond. Areas of old field habitat and a cultivated field (5 acres) exist in the southeastern corner of the parcel. The Wood River and the associated wetlands complex of marshes and swamp forms the eastern property boundary, providing over 8,000 linear feet of riparian habitats vital to many forms of wildlife. Canonchet Brook enters the property just north of the old railroad trestle. Wooded (red maple swamp) and shrub swamp forms much of the continuous corridor along Canonchet Brook.