Downhill is Little Bluestone River with a narrow riparian corridor, mostly on the other side of the creek. Areas on this slope and aspect with white pine, juniper, and weeds were probably subject to more intensive agricultural use.;Placed plot on a lower West facing slope with Q. rubra and Q. alba dominating the forest. There are some Acer saccharum trees coming up but perhaps not enough to distinguish this plot from the typical oak-hickory community. This lower slope is dissected by shallow gullies with straight slopes between them. Almost all larger trees in the plot are regenerated from stump sprouts.
Representativeness
Matrix forest on gentle lower slope with a West aspect. The plot is placed on a straight slope between two gullies.