This lower terrace community is repeated where the floodplain is wide and there is also an upper terrace community. Above the plot is an older alluvial terrace community. This is a mixture of;The plot is flood battered and contains large piles of drift wood. The area looks like it has been recently flooded. The soil is deep alluvium. The community is located on a low terrace. The upper edge of the community is over hung by large black oaks which give cover but not basal area to the plot.
Representativeness
Linear community running along the rivers edge. The community seems similar to the Platanus occidentalis / Betula nigra community from the New River. However this community lacks the Platanus component.