Other spruce types in vicinity include Spruce/Rhododendron maximum and Catawba rhododendron, spruce/ Vaccinium erythrocarpon and Dryopteris campyloptera;Broad, rolling high elevation mountain top with a very large polygon of red spruce. Forest of tall, medium aged spruce mixed with generally smaller sized yellow birch. Abundant spruce reproduction in understory, but not dog hair. Herb layer is dominated by Dryopteris intermedia. Cores aged at 77 and 85 yrs. for a smaller and large tree respectably. Evidence of density dependant mortality of spruce and birch.
Representativeness
Representative of large polygon with similar aspect between plot and scenic highway although some patches may have less or more dominance by spruce.
