Oak ericad with scattered Pine. Red Oak - Witch Hazel matrix. Shrubby sapling forests with 100% dead canopies.;Gently sloping saddle on the ridgetop along the WV / VA border. Community has woodland physiognomy, at least partly due to tree mortality following gypsy moth attacks; however, ridgetop positions seem esp. prone to many stresses including wind, ice, drought. Substrates here are likely dry and sterile enough to inhibit weed invasions (as seen in richer Oak - Hickory on Big Schloss - GWNF.33). Lots of down logs in plot may represent earlier disturbance event before that effecting the standing dead.
Representativeness
< 1 ha. of this grassy varient of Red Oak forest. Small patch of Oak woodland in saddle with grassy understory.