Stand contains more hardwoods (and young spruce) on the horizontal edges. Spruce continues to top of Mt. Porte Crayon. Hardwoods below, where WestVaCo boundary comes close to stand.;Tall, well-formed forest on steep north-facing slope of Mt. Porte Crayon. Second growth forest, probably undisturbed since it was logged at turn of century. No trails or roads. Multiaged stand.
Representativeness
Plot was placed in estimated center of spruce stand.