Other types on top 1) Red pine on N aspect, 2) oak/ mountain laurel, 3) oak/ reedgrass. Rocks provide views in all directions. Private land with high development pressure.;Mountain top knob with rock outcrops with all aspects. This plot is on south aspect and has moderate rock exposure. Community is an open forest or woodland of stunted table mountain pine with many size classes, probably related to microsite, rather than age class diversity. Shrub layer is more dense back from rocks, and is dominated by mountian laurel and huckleberry.
Representativeness
Medium sized patch of table mountain pine on shoulder slope and around sandstone outcrops.