The plot is located ca. 50 m of a low draw. Jim had suspected this to be a seep community. There are some areas with Osmunda cinnamomea and Glyceria melicaria but these areas are thin and patchy. There is no surface flow in the "channel". Much of the draw has had the logging refuse from the upland pushed int it (old tree tops). Most of the draw is rocky and dry. There is an old rock fence running along the edge of the draw closest to the plot. Several skid trails cross the draw.;Repeatedly logged forest community dominated by Liriodendron tulipifera, Acer rubrum, and Smilax rotundifolia. Several old oak stumps are scattered throughout the plot. The area was most likely always used for timber. The soil is hard and compact (most likely never tilled). Sparse herb layer. All the low shrubs and herbs have a definite browse line. Looks very similar to much of Briery Mountain except not much oak. I would have to map this as the successional low terrace forest. The area may have been grazed at one time based on the compactness of the soil.
Representativeness
Medium sized patch of a mid-successional tulip poplar forest. Probably would have been a sub-xeric oak forest but the area has been repeatedly logged and now only a few twisted oaks and stumps remain.
