Below the plot ca. 30 m is an active railroad, south of that is the Gauley River. Upslope from this plot is more Quercus ssp/Rhododendron.;South facing midslope dominated by Quercus sp. in the overstory and a shrub layer of moderately dense Rhododendron maximum. The forest floor is covered with mossy colluvial sandstone boulders. The canopy is dense with only small patches of sunlight reaching the forest floor.
Representativeness
Medium sized patch of mixed oak/great laurel boulder field forest. Plot was placed to sample the evergreen photo signature.