Wilderness area with extensive Oak forests - this plot is one major type, JENF.8 is another matrix type, JENF.7 is a smaller patch type.;Gently sloping ridgetop w/ platy sandstone at surface. Community is a forest of fairly tall Red Oak over a subcanopy with Moosewood, Red Maple and Cucumber Magnolia. Magnolia looks like it was top killed by cold or ice or something. Very little Oak regeneration. Plentiful down wood, no sawn stumps, big trees - may be second growth after natural disturbance.
Representativeness
Matrix forest along the flat ridgetop and upper colluvial slopes.