Downslope ca 400m is the Elk River. Between here and there is a large area of blowdown. There is a log job on private land to the NE. It appears to enter a short distance into the blowdown zone.;Relatively even aged deciduous forest of Red Oak - Tulip poplar / American Beech. The plot is at the top of a shallow N facing cove. There are several herbs growing on the forest floor. There is moderate cov er by S1 and S2 species. The micro topography of the plot is one of pit and mound. There is no sign of logging in the plot. Perhaps the tulip poplar moved in after a wind event.
Representativeness
Large patch of deciduous forest on a north aspect. Plot was placed to sample similar aspect to plot MONF.429 to sample the forest adjacent to the large wind event. The plot will likely classify as a successional tulip poplar forest. After walking here
