Remote section of river gorge. Towards river is a backchannel with standing water. Beyond that are small patches of Virginia Pine and Hemlock floodplain forest, then riverscour woodland.;Point bar with floodplain behind a backchannel and island. Community is a forest w/ Sycamore, Sweet Gum, Ash only occasionally flooded, evidenced by light flotsam and some litter accumulation.
Representativeness
Small Patch of tall canopy deciduous floodplain forest - an unusual type at Gauley.