This plot is located in a somewhat intact forested area.;This plot has not been recently logged. The T2 layer is dominated by red oak and sugar maple. The ground cover is mostly shrubby, with smilax rotundifolia donminating. Few forbs were found in the herbaceous layer. It was dominated by tree seedlings, mostly black cherry.
Representativeness
This plot is a representative sample of the red oak, sugar maple forest type which occurs on th southern aspects within the Briery Mountain tract.