Large N- S running ridge located in the Mon. Nat'l Forest. Located ca. 2mi N of the WV / VA border. There is a gated FS rd (818) which runs the length of the mountain. The road doesn’t appear to have been used in a while. Lots of down trees in the road. The road does appear to get some ATV use.;Flat N - S running ridgetop. The forest here is dominated by Quercus rubra - Carya ovalis / Acer saccharum. Sparse herb and S2 shrub cover, likely a result of deer herbivory. Lots of downfall within the plot.
Representativeness
Plot was placed to sample the Red Oak dominated matrix forest on Big Mtn. Here the community is similar to the last plot only here there is a large hickory componet.