Rock bands 20 m above plot and 20 below plot. Ridge top transitions through various interesting coniferous and heath communities.;Plot is located on a steep south facing slope, on a bench between two rock bands. Forest is dominated by oaks with ericads in understory. Very low cover, diversity in herb layer. Fire scars on most T2 and T3 trees. As with last plot this one is close to the Mauch Chunk\Pottsville contact zone. Mapped as shale but soil likely as much influenced by sandstone.
Representativeness
ELU 2313 (upper slope on shale); not sure of geology.