Surrounded by younger forest or a successional tuliptree forest at this elevation. Drier positions upslope have somewhat drier oak-hickory forest. Bee Run is dammed to create a fishing reservior.;Lower slope of a hill in a dissected plateau landscape. A small eroded gully starts in plot and heads downslope towards a waterfall amphitheatre. Community is a forest of medium-large red and white oak with mesophytic species in the understory. Lush herb layer is dominated by twin grass and other tall herbs. A fenceline with large trees runs along ridge behind plot.
Representativeness
Matrix forest on lower slopes, moister aspects. Centered on a patch of larger trees at the head of a small gully.