Adjacent areas are without downed fir. Adjacent=more drying.;This was an old pasture prior to acquisition by the National Wildlife Refuge. Two large downed fir in plot.
Representativeness
One of the driest balsam fir sites we've tallied in Canaan Valley, i.e. not inundated or even wet after a night of heavy rain. Has slope and aspect as well. This plot representative of drier fir stand on Freeland Run stand, perhaps more weedy and thicke
