Downslope forests have dense herb cover by Diarrhena, other areas have heavy litter with few herbs. Traffic noise from Interstate audible from plot. Near boundary of the WMA.;Top of knob on a dissected plateau. Community is a forest with oaks, hickories, ash with sugar maple in the subcanopy. Dead hickory forms a canopy gap which increases sun to forest floor reflected by increased herb cover and diversity.
Representativeness
Matrix forest with medium-large trees and canopy gap.