Matrix forest on WV side is Red Oak / Witch Hazel. Cooler aspects on VA side grade towards northern hardwoods. See VA plots sampled with Gary Flemming on same date.;Head of small South facing cove, with small patch of mixed conifer - deciduous forest on slightly more moist slope position. Forest of large Red Oak with a few larger Hemlock that appear to be dying from adelgid infestation. Hemlock dominate subcanopy and are still alive. Low shrub and herb diversity.
Representativeness
.1 - see pre adelgid photo sig. Small patch with codominance by Hemlock with Red Oak - might be considered varient of matrix Red Oak forest. Repeated in groves in more mesic positions ? Or conifer component causes mesiphycation?