Wildlife Management Area with limited access, except by illicit ATV trails. Forests are mostly young, include subxeric oak / blueberry, successional pine, dry-mesic oak, and weedy floodplains.;Terraced slope with northern aspect. Soil is slightly enriched at surface, but subsoil is acidic. Forest is dominated by medium size oaks, ash, hickory, buckeye, red maple, and beech are prominent in subcanopy. Hern layer is dominated by Christmas fern. There is large down wood in plot, possible blowdown after adjacent logging. Forest has probably undergone several logging / clearing cycles.
Representativeness
Large patch forest on cool slopes. Placed plot to avoid younger openings.