Adjacent to plot is an eroded gully. Lower slopes are weedy.;East facing lower slope on limestone parent material. Reddish soils with abundant flat stones on surface. Small bedrock outcrop in plot. Forest of medium sized trees dominated by Quercus muhlenbergii, Carya cordiformis, and Acer saccharum with Arisaema triphyllum, Bromus kalmii, and Arabis laevigata conspicuous in the understory.
Representativeness
Large patch limestone forest. Plot placed to minimize weeds.