The forest is Basic Oak-Hickory grading into Basic Mesic Forest. The entire area is covered by hardwood forest with mature trees. Sugar maple occurs throughout the crest and slope. The crest and upper slope are dominated by white oak, hickories and red cedar. The understory is dense mockernut hickory with a few sugar maples.
Herbs are sparse and few.
The mid-slope canopy is dominated by sugar maple, buckeye, and ironwood. The understory is sugar maple, buckeye, ironwood, and dogwood. The herb layer is very rich with larkspur, geranium, mayapple, and Christmas fern. The bottomland section is dominated by cottonwoods, hackberry, sycamore, and boxelder. The understory is boxelder, hackberry, and pawpaw.