Downslope quickly grades to chestnut oak / huckleberry forest. Opposing aspect has very weedy woodland on richer soil. Matrix forest is oak / ericad and oak / fern. Remote ridgeline has faint trail marked by cairns and flagging.;West slope of ridgeline on dipslope, with soil development. Community is a woodland of somewhat stunted red and chestnut oak. Open aspect is increased by tree mortality from gypsy moth, but stand never had dense canopy.
Representativeness
Small - large patch oak - hickory / grass woodland in less rocky ridgetop position. Repeated on ridge interspersed with other type.