High elevation mountaintop with mostly Red Oak communities. Hemlock is mixed but is dying from adelgid. See plots GWNF.16 - 19. Uphill is a richer area with successional Black Locust and some Oak - Hickory.;Dry shoulder just below the crest of Shenandoah Mt. Community is an Oak / ericad forest, mostly Red Oak over an evergreen ericad shrub layer dominated by Fetterbush. Low herb diversity, mostly slop over from rich community upslope.
Representativeness
Varient of Red Oak / ericad with some Chestnut Oak, but with abundant Fetterbush similar to other Red Oak / ericad.