Surrounding hills cleared for pasture. Beaver dam upstream <50 meters. Stream (N. Fork of Greenbrier River) runs south of plot.;Could be currently pastured or in the past. This plot and the surrounding "fir" continues to have weedy appearance. Many fir dead, many of those have fallen, therefore much downed woody debris. Where fir dead and/or down --> weedy species; in still living area of conifer --> has aspect of Stonecoal (drier). Used to be heavy dominance of fir -- now dead.