Riverscour woodland occurs just upstream where high waters cut across head of "island" into back channel. Back channel supports Justicia and Scirpus pungens community (plots 228, 229).;Alluvial sediment bar suppotring a tall herb community with scattered trees, some dead, possibly due to sediment deposition ("buried alive"). Diverse perennial herb community with Chasmanthium latifolium, many composits, and Senna herbacea
Representativeness
ELU 1233 (low elevation slope bottom on sandstone); small patch tall herb community on sandy alluvial deposition bar along straight slow stretch of river.