Mountaintop with spruce polygons embedded in a matrix of northern hardwoods.;Upper slope cove with easterly aspect. Forest of tall well spaced Picea rubens over a subcanopy of Acer rubrum and Magnolia fraseri. Abundant spruce regeneration in shrub strata. Sawn stumps in plot are covered by Bazzania trilobata. Very low herb diversity. Lots of down wood in various stages of decomposition. T2 tree ~150 yrs with best growth in middle years.
Representativeness
Representative of "older" spruce polygon in high elevation cove.