Popular white-water reach of river. Railroad on right and road on left are out of floodplain. Upland forests are mixed-mesophytic.;Riverscoured boulder bar along a straight stretch of rapids. Boulders range from plate size to car size and there is sediment accumulation in crevaces and around plant bases. Community is a riverscour prairie with battered sycamore and flood tolerant shrubs. Fairly high diversity compared to last plot.
Representativeness
Zone about 20m wide rectangle sampled to avoid ecotone. Small patch/linear zone along straight stretch of rapids. Community appears homogenous for a long stretch. About 2m elevation gradient within plot due to slope and bouldery topography.