Downslope is a bench above the floodplain of Elk River with large tulip poplar over birch / rhododendron. Around bend and in seepy swales are rich mixed-mesophytic forests. Upsloope is a huge blowdown with both types of forests effected.;Lower slope above a bench along the Elk River. Forest of large red oak, beech, and yellow birch. Plot has moderate cover of herbs with somewhat different composition compared to MONF.389. There is one very large rotted stump in plot and tree tops from a recent blowdown up hill.
Representativeness
Matrix forest of acidic substrate to contrast with nearby rich forest on limestone. Adjacent to recent windfall, but trees in plot are intact. Northern hardwoods - red oak (Tsuga) forest.