Matrix forest on this northwest aspect is successional tuilptree. Warmer aspects are oak dominated. Mesic forests in good condition are hard to find here.;Near head of a steep cove on a fine textered soil. Steep ravine channel cuts through plot. Community is a mesophytic forest with basswood, tuliptree, sugar maple and cucumber magnolia. Herb layer includes wood nettles and fern.
Representativeness
Mixed mesophytic forest. Small patch crossing a ravine with a few large basswood. Placed to avoid complete tuliptree dominance found on north aspect here.