ABL is Navy owned facility with little visited forests on site. See additional plots from site and also the Brian McDonald report.;Protected cove with northeast aspect on or near limestone lithology. Community is a deciduous forest dominated by large basswood, sugar maple, ash, and red oak with sugar maple dominant in sub-canopy. Understory shrubs and herbs are sparse due to low light and herbivory. Spring flora may be abundant.
Representativeness
Large patch of sugar maple-basswood forest on cool aspect limestone. Very similar to plot MINE.12 sampled yesterday at Rock Hill.