Downstream above stream left is a stand of giant cane (see plot KANA.1). Across the creek is similar to our plot. To the south is an old railgrade with mobile homes. Downstream is a municipal waste water treatment plant. The stream is a tributary of the Kanawha River. The overall landscape has been highly modified with little undeveloped floodplain remaining.;Narrow band of flooplain forest between "Cambell Creek" and an old railgrade. The forest floor is covered with Polygonum cuspidatum and Microstegium vimneum. The sound of traffic from Rt. 60 is constant. The overstory is dominated by Platanus occidentalis and Betula nigra with an understory of Acer negundo.
Representativeness
Small patch of a sycamore-river birch floodplain forest. Similar to plots sampled at BLUE only here it is weedier with more disturbance. Plot was placed in the "least" disturbed area.