Scenic Route 150 is about 150 m from plot. Spruce, mixed spruce-hardwoods, and northern hardwoods border for the stand.;Mature second growth spruce forest (probably a plantation) on flat ridgetop with Sphagnum in swales (e. g. on old logging road below plot). Fairly even aged stand with little understory or herb layer. Forest structure minimal, open standing "pole trees". Soil is mottled where water accumulates in shallow depressions. Bits of charcoal on ground. Density dependant mortality for spruce, yellow birch and red maple.
Representativeness
Plot was placed in large area of spruce dominance, in a "mature" USFS polygon.