Plot is located W of the intersection of Ridge Trail Road, forest roads 804 and 806. Othere nearby N slope forests are either younger or contain more tuliptree. The opposing slope is more xeric and is made up of red oak and red maple.;The plot is located in a somewhat mesic forest of Tilia americana, Acer saccharum, and Fagus grandifolia with a sparse herb layer. There are multiple large, heavily decomposed and moss covered logs on the ground with Fagus grandifolia and Betula lenta in the canopy gaps.
Representativeness
Medium patch of somewhat mesic forest on a north slope alongside an intermittent stream. Plot was chosen to capture basswood, maple, beech community.