To the NE about 75 m is the Gauley River, there are rafters. Above the plot (southwest) abou 50 meters is the railroad grade. There are old steel cables beside that road.;Shady, cool mixed deciduous with hemlock over rhodo on NE slope. Above us there is more disturbance and old steel cables, but here where Rhodo is thick there is little disturbance. Small rock shelf in plot. Steep lower gorge slope the river is less than 20 m below the plot.
Representativeness
Cool shady mixed deciduous forest over Rhodo with hemlock