Younger forest back from the river (old agriculture openings) are composed of box elder forest and the backwater swales are composed of river birch (BLUE.73);Floodplain forest on broad alluvial flat about 30m from river riffle zone. The forest is dominated by tall sycamore over a subcanopy of American elm with spicebush abundant in the tall shrub layer. Herb layer is relatively sparse and species poor due to heavy canopy cover. The soils here are fine textured and the water table is not deep.
Representativeness
Matrix forest on wide floodplain. Plot is less weedy than much of the floodplain downstream. This area may not be as affected by lake backup
