Pin is 1 m E from 30-cm Quercus falcata (tag #88). Plot is located in eastern central portion of park about 400 m NE from where hiking trail crosses Long Creek on top of low ridge that extends south from an eastern prominence. Transect extends due N from
Layout Fields:
Permanence
not permanent
Environment Fields:
Elevation
242
m
Slope Aspect
180
º
Slope Gradient
2.5
º
Topographic Position
Interfluve
Landform
ridge
Surficial Deposits
Schist
Landscape Narrative
Environmental_Comments: Dry oak forest of moderate age with Southern red oak, Scarlet oak, Black oak and White oak. Sourwood and Red maple prominent in subcanopy. Moderate shrub layer comprised of young hardwoods. Almost no herb layer - leaf litter covers nearly 100% of stratum. Logging; pine bark beetle; second growth with small amount of downed beetle killed pine.; Hydrology_Evidence: dry-mesic