This plot is a cobble beach community plot with Platanus occidentalis and Betula nigra canopy. The herb layer is characterized by Apocynum cannabinum, Salix caroliniana, Andropogon gerardii, Baptisia australis. This area is similar to other cobble beach areas along the New River. Just in front of the cobble area in the water is a Justicia americana bed.;This plot is located on a cobbly, sandy beach area along a backwater off of the New River. The lower part of this beach area is probably inundated early in the year.
Representativeness
This plot is representative of a cobbly sandy beach area. The tree layer is dominated by Platanus occidentalis and Betula nigra with Acer saccharinum and Acer negundo scattered. The usual shrub species include Cornus amomum, Cephalanthus occidentalis, e