The site preserves a seepagewetland that supports a large collection of rare plants, including camass, bog-buttons, fringed orchids, and purple pitcher plants. This diverse community of plants has previously been maintained by frequent fires that prevented the long-term domination of woody plants.[3] Since 2000, the DCR has managed the site with prescribed fire to expand and maintain the habitat for rare, fire-dependent plants. In 2014, the DCR began restoration work on the longleaf pines at the Cherry Orchard Bog preserve.[4] Using a combination of tree removal, prescribed burning and planting, the DCR has managed to restore over 50 acres of industrial loblolly pine plantations to young longleaf pine communities.[5]