North facing slope across creek (see plot NERI.255) lacks oak and has more moist site understory species.;South facing colluvial slope near contact zone of Pottsville and Mauch Chunk formations. Fissile shale fragmets evident along with sandstone rocks from above. Dry mixed mesophytic forest with chestnut oak and buckeye in same community. Slope is dissected by many skid trails, probably logged post coal boom era.
Representativeness
ELU 323 (south facing cove on shale); downslope from sandstone/shale contact zone. Dry end of mixed mesophytic gradient.