Creek bottom varies between dense Tsuga with Rhododendron, Tsuga alone, and Tsuga mixed with deciduous trees. Away from drainage on plateau quickly grades to deciduous forest.;Creek bottom on sandstone plateau. Community is a forest dominated by Tsuga canadensis with Rhododendron maximum dominant in the dense shrub layer. Eight foot wide creek bisects plot. Plot is on edge of a deciduous opening and a dark evergreen forest stand.
Representativeness
ELU 2233 (slope bottom on sandstone plateau) with evergreen photo signature. Creek bottom zone on plateau just before the creek plummets into gorge.