Forks of Cranberry trail runs along the edge of the plot. This plot is surrounded by mostly spruce dominated forest.;Deciduous forest growing on a broad ridge top dominated by Prunus serotina - Acer saccharum - Betula alleghaniensis / Fagus grandifolia / Dryopteris intermedia. The forest floor has pit and mound topography.
Representativeness
Small patch? Of forest with deciduous dominance by black cherry - sugar maple - yellow birch / American beech / New York fern. Plot was placed to accentuate dominance by deciduous trees and limit cover by red spruce.