Below this plot ca. 20 m is plot GARI.74 that is a large rock face. Above our plot ca. 100 m is a gas well rd. There is an ATV trail which leaves the rd. and crosses the ELU.;Dense dark forest dominated by Hemlock in the overstory. The forest is quite cool for being on a SW slope during the hottest week of the year. Dense shrub layer of both Great Laurel and Purple Laurel. Few shrubs. There is a small trail cutting through the plot headed to the overlook below. Little to no herb cover.
Representativeness
Plot was placed to sample ELU 2111 which is made up of this large patch of Hemlock. Chestnut Oak/ Rhododendron catawbiense-R. maximum foerst and a Virginia pine/ Heath woodland (GARI.74)