Forest block adjacent to old roadside park appears little disturbed in recent decades. Younger mesophytic forests are weedy. Below plot is a bench then more slope to a steep-eroded gully. Beautiful white oak forest, similar to this plot is matrix on warmer slopes.;Short slope with warm aspect in a dissected plateau landscape. There is a small band of rock outcrop at top of slope. Slope becomes more concave below the plot. Forest is dominated by medium-large white and black oaks with shade tolerant trees in subcanopy. There are a few old downfall scattered in stand. There are a few blueberries and high diversity in herb layer.
Representativeness
Dry-mesic / sub-xeric oak forest, similar to MICR.3 sampled yesterday. White oak seems to be more abundant in stand compared to plot.