Recently acquired WMA. Previous owners clearcut and replanted strips to north and south of this more intact zone. New road to west not on 2003 air photo - leads to a new residential subdivision. Highly active construction is ongoing adding power transmission capacity (utility swath).;Broad ridgetop plateau with a shallow drainage with acidic wetlands, including swamps and herbaceous. Community here is a forest or woodland of medium large black gum growing on hummocks with wetter areas dominated by cinnamon fern and tussock sedge. Fire scars in plot and standing snags may indicate canopy disturbance by both fire and seepage flooding in wet years. Wettest areas are probably too wet to support trees.
Representativeness
Small patch of unusual deciduous swamp. Plot centered on black gum dominance with variable patches of understory dominance, to sample variation within larger stand. See Lauren Howard plot for pitch pine (NATH.4).
