See plots USFS.16,17. Transect bearing 154 degrees/ 270 degrees. Chains 1-17 downhill from road hit private land. Turn transect to 270 degrees to avoid private land. Chains 17-63 back up hill to road. Continue climbing up mountain to chain 90. Across ridgetop to "Huckleberry Trail". Bottom of transect was Quercus rubra - Tilia americana forest with a rich and diverse forb layer. The upper part of the transect was very rocky Betula alleghaniensis - Picea rubens forest with scattered forbs.;Eastern hemlock (Cove; or nutrient poor riparian, moderate to high energy streams, often bedrock constrained);Windthrow aspect 126 degrees. Hickory overstory with some Robinea psuedoacacia and oak. Acer saccharum understory and many Acer saccharum and Fraxinus americana seedlings. Rich herbs, blue cohosh, black cohosh, and ginseng. Soil is red and rocky.
Representativeness
Provisional Community Name is roughly approximated from the 3 species with highest percent cover. . Plot data from USFS spreadsheets and shapefiles. Original files on disk and in Plotdata/USFS directory. Numerous taxonomic assumptions made, since taxono