Dryer noses are less diverse with more hemlock, red oak, and abundant Fraser's sedge. Upslope is abundant windthrow.;Lower slope on Greenbrier Limestone above the Elk River. Limestone outcrops on seepy ledges with steep "gumbo" slopes below and between ledges. Community is a mostly deciduous mixed mesophytic forest with basswood, sugar maple, and yellow birch over a lush and diverse herb layer with ramps and zig zag goldenrod.
Representativeness
Plot placed in the hollow to capture rich herb layers on limestone. Community repeats under cliffs, in draw bottoms on lower slope just above river.