Surrounding the plot to the N, S and W is mostly Hemlock-mixed deciduous/Great laurel forest. To the E ca. 60 m is a large sandstone cliff formation. Plot GARI.140 is located at the top of the cliff. There is a huge Hemlock tree marking the boundary between NPS and Westvaco property ca. south of the plot.;Cool, shady mixed-deciduous forest dominated by tulip poplar and sweet birch. The forest floor is covered with assorted medium (0.5 m2) to (5m2) chunks of sandstone. The rocks are covered with an assortment of mosses.
Representativeness
Small patch of mixed-deciduous forest. Plot was placed to sample the break in the evergreen photo signature.