Upslope 15 m is the access trail above this another 30 m is a large house sized s.s. boulder. The community we are sampling is mosaiced with patches of hemlock/great laurel.;Cool and shady NE facing midslope. Large overstory trees. Little regeneration of seedlings and small shrubs. All forbs are low and stunted. The forest is heavily browsed. Lots of moss covered rocks in the plot.
Representativeness
Large patch of a mesic sugar maple-basswood/ stinging wood nettle-wild ginger forest. Similar to several plots sampled at GARI.