15 meters above plot is narrow ridgeline dominated by Quercus velutina. Downhill is a small bench.;Steep north facing slope just below ridge crest. Mixed mesophytic forest with large Acer saccharum and Quercus rubra dominating plot. Mapped as Mauch Chunk but near contact zone with pottsville, soil probably influenced by erosion of former sandstone surface formation. Fire scars on T2 and T3 trees.
Representativeness
ELU 2312 (slope crest on shale); Upper slope with typical gorge slope mixed mesophytic matrix forest.