See plots USFS.339,340,343,345. High ridge and back slope with mixed oak pine communities shrub/ herb layer densities vary with openings in forest canopy. Some microsites contain white pine and red spruce. Cliff areas contain mosses and Paronychia argyrocoma.;This plot is characteristic of a sparse woodland. It is surrounded by a pristine oak forest. A Pinus pungens was cored, 7.5 inches in dbh, approx 45 years old.
Representativeness
USFS plots were laid out at random points on a transect. This transect was placed to sample the mixed oak pine communities along the ridgetop of North Fork Mountain. This plot is represtative of a mixed oak pine woodland. The plot was only 6 meters in dia