Plot is high on the south slope of an E/W running ridgeline. The west fork of Twelvepole Creek is approximately .4 miles north.;Dry oak forest on a south facing slope. The T3 and S1 layers contain many younger red maples, hickories, and some scattered Oxydendron. There is little, if any, herbaceous cover in the majority of the plot. The community continues along the south slope, below and to either side of the plot.
Representativeness
Plot chosen to sample dry, southern aspect with a Quercus, Vaccinium community.