Rarely visited USFS land behind private property. Across Eliza Hollow is a large stand of pitch pine / huckleberry forest up to next ridge. Then limestone community (MONF.403) is confined to nose.;Ridge nose above the confluence of a side hollow into Eliza Hollow. Surface rock includes some limey (react w/ acid) and some acidic. Community is a nice multi-aged forest with some old sawn stumps and successional remnants (e.g. black locust snags). Canopy includes white oak, red oak, chinquapin oak. Red bud abundant in shrub layer.
Representativeness
Small patch on a nose with rocky outcrops of limestone. Calcareous exposures are small, embedded in larger acidic matrix.