Uphill grades quickly to northern hardwoods without red oak. Adjacent to plot is patch with heavy hemlock understory.;Rocky sandstone mountain slope with 2nd growth forest dominated by large red oak with mostly smaller yellow birch, magnolia and maples. Soil has thick organic layer in rocky voids. Moderate cover in herb layer and is dominated by ferns and lycopodiums. Site is poised to succeed to more typical northern hardwood similar to surrounding matrix, or eventually to spruce - hemlock dominance.
Representativeness
Patchy / ecotone late successional red oak near its local elevational limit.