Army Corps land around a damned reservoir. Matrix forests are oak-hickory of various sorts. Many areas have young forests developed on abandoned farmland.;Southwest aspect of an eroded hillyop in a dissected plateau landscape. Intact forest dominated by oaks with oak regeneration and blueberry in the understory. Stark contrast to nearby successional forests on richer soils, this site may have been spared from clearing due to sterile, dry site conditions. Most chestnut oaks in plot are dead, still with dryed leaves - gypsy moth or other pest?
Representativeness
Small patch of sub-xeric oak, quite similar to other sites distributed across the state, but sampled here for geographic representation.