Plot adjacent to Oak Ridge Trail and east of the campground at Holly River SP. Nearby communities are similar but either contain younger trees or less mountain laurel.;Xeric oak forest on a ridgeline. The overstory is primarily chestnut oak with red maple and Oxydendron arborea in the T3, mountain laurel in the shrub layer. There are magnolias scattered throughout the patch as well.
Representativeness
Medium sized patch of chestnut oak/red maple with laurel in the shrub layer. Plot was placed to include the laurel and larger oaks.