Boulderfield is a few hundred meters west of the weedy Appalachian Trail along the Blue Ridge.;Ridgetop Oak - Hickory forest growing on a linear boulderfield / outcrop of ridge - forming sandstone. Patch of Ailanthus altissima just outside the plot. Oaks are stressed with leaf herbivory. Charcoal on ground.
Representativeness
Plot was placed to sample linear boulderfield / outcrop with Oak / Hickory forest, within a high wind resource polygon.