Rocks close to center channel are covered by blackish slime. There is a narrow zone of prairie downhill from plot.;Sloping, rocky floodplain along a flashy rock lined river. Community is a forest dominated by Quercus rubra, with abundant Nyssa sylvatica, Rhododendron arborescens and Xanthorhiza simplicissima in the shrub layers. Rocky ground cover with high moss cover. Flotsam above plot.
Representativeness
Wider spot between road and river with above average size for this narrow floodplain forest-dominance by red oak-other places have white oak.