Plot is located on lower gorge slope 35 m below a large moss covered sandstone cliffband. Substrate is rocky collivium. Forest is mixed mesophytic with a relatively sparse herb layer, perhaps due to rocky substrate. An old trail and old telephone poles are evidence of past human occupation and proximity to the town of Thurmond. Fire scars on several old trees.
Representativeness
ELU 221 (north cove on sandstone). Matrix forest of lower gorge slopes (phase on cool aspect).