More mesic positions and younger forest have dense cover by multiflora rose and autmn olive. Nearby is a grove of open-growing large white oaks, indicating past management as a pasture or savannah. Additional forest types were sampled nearby at the Jug WMA (TUUG.1-2).;Upper slope of a low ridge in a dissected plateau landscape. Community is a mixed oak-hickory forest of medium sized trees, probably an even-aged cohort established following clearing or fire. There is moderate diversity in the herb layer, dominated by legumes and grasses.
Representativeness
Large patch or matrix of oak-hickory forest on upper slope. Sampled this community because more mesic positions are overrun with weedy shrubs. Similar forest continues downslope on convex landscape positions.