Nearby is burned area with similar aspect and position which killed striped maple and small white pine and increased herb cover, including weeds.;North aspect of high knob along a middle-elevation ridge system. Soils are acidic with low-moderate fertility. Community is a deciduous forest dominated by largte red and chestnut oaks with smaller hickory. Hop hornbeam is abundant in subcanopy. Striped maple dominates the shrub layer. Herb cover is sparse.
Representativeness
Small patch of large trees of matrix forest on ridge top. (100+ of type?)