Next to plot is small clearing with young trees. Gas compressor station, road, and trail are in bottom along Long Run.;Low shale hills with matrix of oak-hickory forests, fragmented by private parcels. Logging, and gas operations. Forest is dominated by white oak with a large black oak and scattered hickories. Understory is dominated by a mix of shrubs indicating enriched soils disturbance. Herb layer sparse but diverse.
Representativeness
Along property line, small patch of more - natural oak forest in a fragmented landscape. Stand is >10 Ha but patchy with variable disturbance.