Continue around loop road as it turns back west. Pull off onto shoulder where loop road is closest to point #4 on map and walk SE. Plot is just south of the E-W trail, about 8 m south of trail. Tag tree (tag #54) is a 35-cm dbh Quercus stellata with tag facing away from trail (S). Conduit is 2.5 m away at a bearing of 240 degrees from tree. Vegetation plot runs out at a bearing of 235 degrees from conduit.
Layout Fields:
Permanence
not permanent
Environment Fields:
Elevation
291
m
Slope Aspect
(n/a, flat)
º
Slope Gradient
0
º
Landscape Narrative
Environmental_Comments: Trails/roads; fire suppression; trail on one side of plot, old road on another; was probably more open in past, but now Acer rubrum, etc. coming into understory.
Representativeness
Fairly constant, though there is a stand of pines within the 1 ha.
