Over hill beech is mixed with red oak. Primitive road above plot is gated with access to inholding with house and lawn.;Cove above a small ephemeral drainage which flows into main gorge. Site is shaded by ridges to the east, south, and west. Forest throughout this vicinity has a large beech component, here it grows with sugar maple, red maple, and tulip poplar. Beech are wide spaced with broad canopies and little subcanopy. Understory is diverse but haevily browsed by deer. Undulating microtopography from pitfalls etc…
Representativeness
Large patch "mixed mesophytic" forest. Plot placed to sample beech dominance in cool mesic setting. Some areas of stand have more tulip polar, ash, and maples.