Side slopes with gravel support younger oak - hickory stands. Downslope becomes more acidic, with old growth chestnut oak (MONF.398).;Exposed outcrop of limestone on nose along an incised drainage on the west flank of Cave Mountain. Forest with large white oak and smaller sugar maple and basswood. Hop hornbeam in tall shrub layer. Fairly diverse herb layer with high cover of shooting stars.
Representativeness
Plot centered on rock outcrop, with a colony of shooting star. Similar to plot MONF.395 across river.