Downslope in ravine bottom is hemlock.;Lower southeast facing slope with forest of large scarlet oak over a dense thicket of mountain laurel. Scarlet oak are the tallest trees in the canopy, overtopping chestnut oak and magnolia. Stumps in stand are not sawn, suggesting this may be successional following fire rather than logging. There are large snags and windfall and abundant down wood. Stand would likely succeed towards hemlock dominance over time if hemlock resisted adelgid infestation (none noted at sampling date).
Representativeness
Medium sized patch of red blush photo signature (Kalmia). Vegetation fairly uniform within stand. Geology mapped as shale but sandstone fragments occur in soil possibly from eroded caprock, or geology is mismapped or is an inclusion.
