Begin Baskin's Creek Trail at the south trailhead from the Roaring Fork Motor Trail. Walk on the trail about 200 meters; the plot is approximately 30 meters to the right of the trail.
Very little surficial rock. Deep soil. Leitter layer composed primarily of oak leaves, about 4 cm thick, with many stages of decompositiion in layers. Moderately mesic site...Liriodendron tulipifera & Quercus rubra, but some xeric species...Quercus mon -- Subtle topography...This community on the upland "ridges" while Rhododendron thickets in the swales. Up on the higher ridges, especially south facing ones, pines dominate. Grades up to more xeric oak sites.
Overall Taxon Cover Values are Automatically Calculated?
no
Stem Sample Method
full census
Plot Quality Fields:
Effort Level
Thorough
Plot Validation Level
(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
Floristic Quality
High but incomplete
Bryophyte Quality
Very incomplete
Lichen Quality
Very incomplete
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
--no data--
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Surprising number of herbs, considering abundant Gaylussacia. Several large logs (presumably chestnut) and one large cut chestnut stump...salvage logging. Red oak and chestnut oak have expanded their crowns to fill in where chestnut was, while red maple
