Older successional forest on upper flood plain terrace of island. Patchy dominance pattern with beech zone (plot42) , Sycamore zone on the lower terraces, large red oak zone in line on the upper terrace along side the channel. This plot is dominated by tulip poplar w/fire scars. Very sparse herb cover. Thin layer of recent leaf litter. Bare substrate due to the flooding and shade influences. Large down log in plot. In the canopy gap heavy Aesculus flava regeneration.
Representativeness
This plot represents the older successional forest on the upper terrace of the Volkstone island.