Downhill below another cliff band forests turns to rich mixed mesophytic forest on shale. Sidehill in draws at this elevation also grades to mixed mesophytic.;Rocky vertical ridgeline with cliff band and boulders. Forest dominated by red oak with Catawba rhododendron in understory. Heavy bryophyte cover on rocks. Plot includes rock walls and ledges and rocky ridgeline.
Representativeness
ELU 220 (north sideslope on sandstone). Small patch community (almost linear) on rocky vertical ridgeline.