Up slope ca. 50 m is a gas well. Ca 500 m south is a large privately owned field. Much of the surrounding land is mosaiced with private land. Some of which is posted. We believe our plot to be within NPS property.;Mid-successional Tsuga-Liriodendron forest. Sparse gound vegetation consisting of a few small patches of New York fern. Above average woody debris on forest floor. No signs of recent logging. The forest is dense canopied so the forest floor is quite sturdy.
Representativeness
Large patch of Hemlock dominated forest. Plot was placed to sample ELU type 2133. This is an example of the GARI matrix forest only here there is no Rhododendron maximum.