On adjacent property is a game farm with a double industrial tall fence and recently bulldozed road. Private land adjacent to this (also bordering USFS) is currently grazed with weak fencelines and some grazing apparent on USFS land. Dry woodlands continues downslope from plot on south aspect. See also plot USFS. 194. Downslope is a steep wilderness all the way to river.;South facing shoulder of ridge spur of Cave Mountain. Shallow, high pH soils on Helderberg limestone with bedrock outcrops and loose rock. Community is a short statured woodland or open forest dominated by chinquapin oak with sugar maple, juniper, and shagbark over a grassy herb layer. Essentially no shrub or sapling cover probably due to past cattle grazing and current deer browse. Trees are contorted and dwarfed. Tree regeneration may be limited by drought.
Representativeness
Somewhat narrow zone on upper slopes with more open physiognomy. This stand is less weedy compared to others nearby which have been more recently grazed
Overall Taxon Cover Values are Automatically Calculated?
no
Plot Quality Fields:
Plot Validation Level
(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
Floristic Quality
complete
Bryophyte Quality
none
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
--no data--
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Quercus muehlenbergii - Acer saccharum / Elymus hystrix woodland; Plot overlaps population of tall larkspur (Delphinium exaltatum) which occurs at bottom of plot in fence tangle, also a couple stems elsewhere in plot and on bedrock ledges to west, most flowering stems are aborted,- 4 stems seen with maturing fruit, 10 plants total counted but complete survey not conducted.
