Wildlife
The flora and fauna of the hollow include species typical of southern New England, however, more boreal species are also found in this rugged region. The base of the hollow in densely forested with hemlock trees. These evergreens block much of the little light that reaches into this narrow chasm, therefore the hollow's floor is always quite dark. above the low lands, on the hollow ridges hardwoods grow, the most common of which is red oak. The forest around the summit of the west ridge consists mainly of short red oaks. On the side of Turkey Hill facing the west ridge the tree growth is similar except that quite a few Paper Birch have colonised this slope whereas there are hardly any on the west ridge. The groves of paper birches make a pleasing visage in the fall when they are viewed from the summit of the west ridge.
Notable flora in Boston Hollow includes the Mountain Maple, a shrub-like tree that commonly grows in northern New England. Fauna consist of White-tailed Deer, Coyotes, and other animals of New England. It is probable that there are Moose and American Black Bear inhabiting the dense forest preserves surrounding the hollow.
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