Wilderness area. Extensive matrix forests of deciduous northern hardwoods w/ small groves of hemlock and spruce and a few larger patches of conifer dominance like this one.;Medium aged spruce forest on N aspect slope off of a broad ridgetop. Cored trees ca. 60-90 yrs old. Ground is almost entirely covered by Bazzania trilobata. Over rock and/or duff. There are patches of dense spruce reprod. And more open patches w/ scattered Dryopteris intermedia.
Representativeness
Medium sized patch of spruce forest. Plot is very representative of this homogenous polygon w/ heavy dominance by spruce, abundant reprod., and heavy ground cover by Bazzania.