W facing midslope, 100 meters downhill from plot runs the right fork of the Spruce Fork creek.;Very thick canopy of white oak and beech in T2, hemlock and beech in T3 and red maple and beech in S1 allows very little lot to get thorugh to understory where there is no herb layer and a leaf litter layer close to 10cm thick. There is a well worn deer path that runs along the lower slope of the plot.
Representativeness
Plot placed to capture W facing slope with white oak- beech over beech and hemlock.