Pin is 1 m at 140 degrees from 36-cm dbh Quercus alba which is located 30 m N of hiking trail on W side of Long Branch about 60 m upslope from stream. Plot runs from monument at 180 degrees upslope along side of gentle swale.
Layout Fields:
Permanence
not permanent
Environment Fields:
Elevation
273
m
Slope Aspect
90
º
Slope Gradient
10
º
Topographic Position
Lowslope
Landform
slope
Surficial Deposits
Schist
Landscape Narrative
Environmental_Comments: Canopy with Southern red oak, White oak and Chestnut oak - numerous beetle killed pines (5-10 yrs old) laying on ground. Sourwood and Red maple in subcanopy. Sparse shrub layer dominated by mixed hardwood species. Mostly leaf litter on ground. Pine bark beetle; old beetle killed short leafs decomposing in plot; perhaps were 10% of plot.; Hydrology_Evidence: dry-mesic; Landscape_Comments:
