High elevation forest dominated by Tsuga canadensis represented in the T2, T3, S1, and S2 layers. There is little if any herb or low shrub cover. There are several large truck sized boulders within the plot. There is abundant deer sign. The hemlock adelgid was observed. Moss covered stump also observed in plot.
Representativeness
Small re-occurring patches of forest with eastern hemlock dominance on S facing slope. Plot was placed to capture hemlock in multiple strata and to minimze red spruce.