This plot is adjacent to Meadow Run. The foest across the stream is similar and above is oak-heath.;This is a low, very protected and shaded cool slope where hemlock was formally a dominant or co-dominant caopy species. Hemlock wooly adelgid infestation is severe. Some hemlocks are enormous and the gaps which are now opening up the forest floor are full of Betula seedlings. White pine is also coming in.
Representativeness
Forest of mixed hardwoods and hemlock. Placed to capture co-dominance of hemlock. Cover values reflect heathy, full cannopy of hemlock.