This entire west end of WMA is a weedy mess of successional forests, pipeline corridors and weedy - shrubby bottoms. Enriched soils and long history of disturbance have doomed site.;Gentle south facing shoulder slope of hill in dissected plateau landscape. Circumneutral soils support a successional forest dominated by shagbark hickory mixed with white ash, elm, and white oak. Subcanopy includes sugar maple, and black haw. Potential veg may be rich oak-hickory. Weeds are encroaching site from all directions.
Representativeness
Placed plot in least weedy spot we could find in this entire ridge and drain. = Rich successional forest (shagbark). Sampled plot to take break from walking in the heat.