Ridge system with matrix Oak /ericad forests and smaller patches of Oak - Hickory, and shrubby rock summit. Garlic mustard is established in Oak - Hickory on ridgetop. Lots of dead Oaks in vicinity due to gypsy moth.;Small bowl at the head of a NE facing cove near the ridgeline of Great North Mtn. Community is a forest of fairly tall Red Oak with some Red Maple in the subcanopy over a tall shrub layer of Witch Hazel and Striped Maple. Herb layer dominated by Dryopteris intermedia with abundant Melanthium parviflorum.
Representativeness
Small patch of mesic Oak forest in bowl with cool aspect. Similar to Red Oak / Witch Hazel which becomes matrix on higher elevation ridges.