Community extends up north slope halfway to the ridge but is narrower on south slope before giving way to deciduous forest without Rhododendron maximum (oak-hickory).;North facing slope near the head of a drainage as it drops off the plateau top. Community of mixed deciduous hardwoods over a dense thicket of Rhododendron maximum with little else.
Representativeness
The thick of the laurel hell under a deciduous canopy. Large patch of type with some hemlock scattered about but predominantly deciduous.