Travel around loop road to picnic area. Park at first parking lot on left after turning right on picnic area road. Head due E about 250 m cross creek (deeply eroded) and look for Liriodendron bottomland. Conduit and witness tree are on small terrace above (to the E of) the bottomland. Witness tree (tag #34) is a large 3-trunked Liriodendron. Conduit is at a bearing of 120 degrees 4 m from tree. Vegetation plot (top of it) starts about 15 m N. Bearing of plot is due W.
Layout Fields:
Shape
Rectangular
Area
1000
m²
Permanence
not permanent
Environment Fields:
Elevation
258
m
Slope Aspect
(n/a, flat)
º
Slope Gradient
0
º
Topographic Position
Low level
Landform
streambed
Landscape Narrative
Environmental_Comments: Same as other plots; probably an agriculture/grazing history; all Liriodendron are of fairly similar age and all are fairly young; Lonicera japonica common.
Representativeness
About 1/3 this community, 1/3 successional pine, 1/3 old field.
