Primitive road below plot, then younger, more mesic forest with Microstegium. Property line just above plot. Private forests include clearcuts and road. COE lands are less fragmented, mesic forests are mostly successional tuliptree with heavy Microstegium.;Drier upper slope just below ridge crest in a dissected plateau landscape. Forest of medium large chestnut and red oaks with smaller hickory and sugar maple. Moderate cover of deerberry in short shrub layer. Low herb cover but with moderate diversity.
Representativeness
Small patch of more intact forest on dry ridge crest. Hottest, driest aspect of local landscape, still only sub-xeric by WV standards.