Compare to other plots in vicinity. Cooler aspects on limestone support basswood - sugar maple forest. Acidic geologies support oak forests, grading upslope to northern hardwoods. Upslope from plot is a population of Trifolium stoloniferum.;Shoulder of side ridge on west flank of Cheat Mountain. Greenbrier limestone outcrops with contrasting aspects. This plot is a dryer SW aspect which supports a forest dominated by red oak, shagbark hickory and walnut with sugar maple in the understory. Large dead black locust are scattered in stand and are beging to add coarse woody debris to the forest floor.
Representativeness
Small patch of oak - hickory forest which is repeated on southerly aspects at this elevation zone where Greenbrier limestone outcrops.