Patchwork of recently logged and older second growth Oak forest on Monongahela National Forest.;Ridgetop Red Oak forest, second growth with old stumps in stand. Shrub and herb layers are sparse to absent. Plot is accessible by old logging road (no weeds - under canopy). Excessive deer herbivory - much scat in plot. Fire scars on Robinia snag. No gypsy moth cocoons on trees.
Representativeness
Plot was placed to sample matrix ridgetop Oak forest within high wind resource polygon.