Across draw, Rhododendron drops out and forest appears to be more oaky. Steep cut slopes below plot have 1000's of Fraser's sedge ~also on old RR grade which is eroded by stream channel.;Steep colluvial slope on NE aspect above an intermittent stream. Rocky substrate of plate-sized sandstone colluvium. Community is a mostly deciduous forest with abundant basswood, mixed with buckeye, red oak, sweet birch and sugar maple. Giant rhododendron is patchy in community~plot emphasizes a rocky opening in shrub layer. Mesophytic herbs, including ginger and nettles, dominate the understory.
Representativeness
Large patch mesophytic forest on cool aspect lower slope. Similar forest extends uphill 100+ meters. Up and down drain, some inclusions with heavy rhododendron.