Park about 50 m SW of where the fire road passes over Stonehouse Creek. Look to the left and you will see a steep slope and gully. Plot conduit is just downslope of a 50-cm dbh Quercus rubra where gully meets the bottomland (on east side of gully). Place
Layout Fields:
Shape
Rectangular
Area
400
m²
Permanence
not permanent
Environment Fields:
Elevation
245
m
Slope Aspect
0
º
Slope Gradient
36
º
Topographic Position
Lowslope
Landform
slope
Landscape Narrative
Environmental_Comments: Rich mesic red oak forest with very well developed and diverse herb layer dominated by Christmas fern and Black cohosh. Moderate understory of Umbrella Magnolia - other herbs include Liverwort, Heart-leaf foamflower, and Feathery False Solomon's Seal. Logging; erosion; second-growth but mature; steep w/some erosion.; Hydrology_Evidence: mesic