Plot straddles boundary with the USFS. Just out of plot is a cabin and lawn on a small bench.;Steep nose of shale slope just above a cabin and a road. Community is a dwarf woodland dominated by stunted Virginia pine with scrub oaks in the understory. Herb layer includes a few shale barren endemics, but flora is noticably different from last plot (MONF.409). Reindeer lichens are abundant. Dead branches on scrub may reflect drought stress.
Representativeness
Plot placed to maximize the number of Arabis serotina to represent habitat for species. Microplots were also measured.