Additional types in area include similar canopies with Pensylvania Sedge, or ericads in understory. Downslope on trail is a clump of Basswood. Basswood - Sweet Birch may become more developed downslope.;Upper NW flank of mountain near the top of a cove. Flat, colluvial rocks appear to be concentrated in the hollow, possibly causing damage to young trees, resulting in little regeneration of canopy species. Low herb diversity.
Representativeness
100 + hectares for variations within QURU / HAVI. Varient of the Red Oak / with Hazel matrix forest. Plot is in a concave slope position and picks up more than average Birch & Basswood.