Extensive spruce forests in vicinity are mostly Picea rubens/ Vaccinium erythrocarpon. Lower elevations are northern hardwoods deciduous forest. Further up trail Spruce/ Rhododendron continues on both sides of trail, then Rhododendron drops out and there is Spruce/ Bazzania.;Bedrock ledges on a high elevation knob. Forest of Picea rubens over a patchy thicket of Rhododendron maximum. Rocks are covered by a thick mat of Bazzania trilobata. Extremely low cover and diversity of herbs. Larger tree cored at 100 yrs, smaller at 80 yrs. Numerous large snags.
Representativeness
Plot is centered on rock ledges with Rhododendron maximum. Fairly large patch of Spruce/ Rhododendron on both sides of trail further up.