This plot is located on a dry S-SW facing shoulder with Quercus prinus and Q. coccinea dominating the T2 layer. Kalmia latifolia is the primary shrub. The forest floor has few herbs and most of them are seedlings.
Representativeness
This plot is repesentative of the thin band of Scarlet Oak, Chestnut Oak, and Mountain Laurel which occur on dry S-SW facing shoulder slopes.