Just below plot is the Beech Ridge trail which runs parallel to the south of Rt. 41 and just a couple meters north to it is the West Fork Twelvepole creek.;North facing slope with large Red oaks and Tulip poplar in the overstory above a more diverse T3 stratus of Basswood, Red maple and Sugar maple. Just a few meters to the west is a large rockhouse. The understory S1 and S2 are comprised predominantly of Sugar maple and Beech over an herb layer of mostly Christmas fern and Black cohosh.
Representativeness
Plot was placed to capture more mesic Red oak forest before transitioning into a more xeric oak forest uphill.