About 50 m to the W is the gravel road we drove in on. To the south about 15 meters away is the trail we hiked in on. This area is mostly evergreen. Across the gravel road is more successional with tulip poplar.;Dry, shaded forest with Tsuga canadensis-Pinus rigida/Ilex opaca. Many smaller T3 Tsuga--successional. Trail runs past plot--about 10 m away. Very sparse herbaceous layer. A lot of down, rotting trees in the plot.
Representativeness
Large patch of Hemlock with Pitch pine intermixed. Plot placed to sample photo signature and area with pitch pine.