The plot is located within the Otter Creek Wilderness Area. Upslope the community appears similar. Between the plot and the stream is a narrow alluvial terrace with tulip poplar / eastern hemlock / great laurel.;Dense canopied forest growing on a north facing toeslope of Green Mountain. The overstory is made up of mostly red oak and basswood with a lot of American beech regeneration in the T3 and S1 layers. Rich and diverse herbaceous layer. There is a large boulder in the plot The top of the boulder has the highest herb cover. Probably because it is out of deer reach.
Representativeness
Plot was placed to sample where Karst geology is mapped. The community is a large patch of mixed - mesophytic forest. It is dominated by Quercus rubra - Tilia americana / Fagus grandifolia / Dryopteris intermedia.