Opposing east aspect has similar canopy but with more hickory and lacking dense ericad shrub layer.;West facing ridge shoulder in convoluted dissected plateau on shale/sandstone lithology. Community is a mixed conifer - deciduous forest dominated by xeric site oaks and white pine. Understory is dominated by ericaceous shrubs and white pine regeneration. There are scattered sapling red spruce in stand, as well hemlock, both apparently natural.
Representativeness
Large patch to matrix oak - white pine / ericad forest. Extensive type on warm aspects in acidic shale landscape of Pocahontas Co.