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Northern Coastal Plain / Piedmont Oak - Beech / Heath Forest – CEGL006919
Northern red oak (Quercus rubra), chestnut oak (Quercus montana), and mountain-laurel (Kalmia latifolia) in an oak-beech/heath stand near Horsehead Cliffs on the Potomac River, Westmoreland State Park, Westmoreland County.  American beech is primarily an understory tree in this stand. 

 © DCR-DNH, Gary P. Fleming
Northern Coastal Plain / Piedmont Oak - Beech / Heath Forest – CEGL006919