Guickly grades to more mesic oak-hickory in more mesic upper slope positions (see plots 213 and 215) and then to mixed mesophytic downslope on colluvial slopes.;Ridgetop with residual soil supporting Quercus rubra forest with many Castanea dentata sprouts and an old fallen snag (possibly also Castanea). Vaccinium pallidum is common in low shrub layer.
Representativeness
Small patch ridgetop community with subxeric indicators in short shrub (Vaccinium, Viburnum).