Mixed deciduous forest in southwestern Virginia was sampled after a series of ice storms to assess damage to trees and changes in community composition. Pre-storm data were available from 1993. The same plots were resampled two years after ice storms in February and March 1994. Density for overstory and understory trees decreased 39% and 14%, respectively. Basal area declined 46% for overstory trees and 12% for understory trees. Sapling density increased only 9%, but basal area increased 36%, indicating increased growth as a response to loss of overstory canopy. The overstory trees Quercus coccinea and Pinus strobus suffered the heaviest damage; together they lost 36% of basal area. Among understory trees and saplings, the greatest damage was to Acer rubrum and P. strobus, which together lost 11% of basal area. Damage was heaviest on the valley floor and adjoining south-facing slope. An average of 23.0% of individuals and 20.8% of basal area was damaged. Ice damage should cause little change in the chestnut oak community on the north-facing slope. On the south-facing slope succession will be retarded. Vegetation of the valley floor should change slightly; there will be fewer oaks and more species typical of mixed mesophytlc forest.