WMA currently under development for gas wells and pipelines, an industrial site at date of sampling with lots of truck, atv and heavy machine traffic.;Convex position on nose of dissected south slope between two gullies. Community is a deciduous forest with an open canopy dominated by medium size white oak. Sourwood and red maple are prominent in the subcanopy and shrub layers are dominated by ercaceous shrubs. Steep slope and rocky shallow soil results in abundant blowdowns with tip mounds which contribute to open canopy and sunny understory.
Representativeness
Small patch of white oak / oak ericad forest on warm aspect, mid slope nose. Most xeric community encountered in WMA today.