Top of cliff on level supports red oak - sugar maple forest (NCTC.10). Slopes have mesophytic sugar maple - basswood. There is a narrow floodplain bank w/ sycamore and bluebells along river.;Calcareous cliff and ledges overlooking Potomac River. There is near complete canopy cover by overhanging trees and few trees rooted on ledges, but there is some horizontal canopy gap on the steepest face where a rare Arabis grows. Flora is mostly similar to surrounding mixed mesophytic forest community with a few lithophytes.
Representativeness
Small patch cliff community. Plot is centered on entire , steepest rockiest expression! Larger cliff community just outside NCTC property. Early spring sample. Plot will probably classify as Acer (nigrum, saccharum) - Tilia americana / Asimina triloba / J