Plot on midslope of mountainside 100m to the north of the road running along the Right Fork of Buffalo Creek. Plot begins a few meters from the Black Bear Trail and continues uphill.;White oak dominates the overstory with a black oak present. Sugar maple and basswood in the T3 with a strong recruitment of beech trees in the S1 and S2. Thick herb layer dominated by Brachyeletron erectum. Fire scars observd on the uphill sides of the larger trees.
Representativeness
Plot was placed to capture more xeric site with black and white oak in the overstory.