The litter layer appears to have been washed downhill, leaving large areas of exposed soil in the plolygon. There is an abundance of wind throw here. Lack of cut stumps in the ploygon.
Representativeness
Large patch of mixed mesophytic forest. Cove hardwoods dominate the overstory; Acer saccharum,Tilia americana, and Carya cordiformis. Highly diverse herbaceous layer.