Trail connects campground/picnic recreation area. Cooler aspects and lower slopes are Eastern hemlock / Rhododendron maximum. Campground is uphill.;Steep slope on warm aspect above river with maintained trail (and difficult casual trails) through an open forest of mixed oaks (white, red, scarlet, chestnut) over a dense tall shrub layer dominated by giant rhododendron. Stand has some hemlock which increases downslope to where it is codominant. There is abundant downfall and tip mounds from Hurricane Sandy, but trail through stand has been cleared since then. Oak regen maybe suppressed by shrub cover.
Representativeness
Plot sampled along trail 5 m each side to facilitate access to steep, shrubby site. Community predominates on SW aspect with increasing hemlock downslope. Oak / Laurel hell.
