Downslope, large hemlocks continue o creek with tulip-tree becoming more abundant;Steep west facing slope above a creek. Community is a mixed evergreen deciduous forest dominated by large, widely spaced hemlocks and oaks, with abundant hemlock regeneration in subcanopy and shrub layers. Low species diverstiy.
Representativeness
Upper zone of large hemlock signature above Wiley Branch, near transition to oak forest. Hemlock-Chestnut oak similar to Bluestone