Relatively undisturbed forest community within the Gauley River National Recreation Area proclamation boundary. Surrounding forest is dominated by Eastern Hemlock. Downslope ca. 60m is Meadow Creek. Upslope ca. 150m is plot GARI.203;Typical Tsuga canadensis - Betula lenta / Rhododendron maximum forest. Low species diversity. There is a high cover of both ferns and bryophytes.
Representativeness
Large patch of the matrix Hemlock dominated forest at the Gauley. Here it is more typical with large amounts of Betula lenta and Rhododendron maximum. The plot was placed to sample ELU 2123?