There is a sandy open beach up stream ca. 100 m. To the west is an occaisionally flooded oak/rhodo forest. See plot GARI.149;Open sunny boulder field along a hgh gradient stream. Frequently flooded. Most vegetation is located on the higher boulder piles. Lots of Trautvettaria and Dragon's head in bloom making the community very picturesque. All shrubs are coppiced and growing bent downstream.
Representativeness
Small patch of Betula nigra cobble bar shrubland. Plot was placed to sample open rocky signature on aerial photo, similar to plots sampled along New and Gauley. We have very few of these plots along the Meadow due to accessability