There is a steep bank to the river at edge of plot. Across a swale is the rail trail and upland forest. Patches of this tall herb community type are repeated up and down the river for miles.;Riverside deposition bar with a tall herb community in spectacular bloom at sampling date. There is Carex trichocarpa mixed throughout but this community type differs by having a profusion of dicot herbs including Lilium, Asclepias sericea, Aster umbellata, Clematis, and Helianthus.
Representativeness
Small patch of tall herb on levee. Plot covers half of patch but avoids a swale where Carex trichocarpa becomes dominant.
Overall Taxon Cover Values are Automatically Calculated?
no
Plot Quality Fields:
Plot Validation Level
(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
Floristic Quality
complete
Bryophyte Quality
complete (species >=1% cover)
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
--no data--
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Doellingeria umbellata - Asclepias syriaca floodplain herbaceous floodplain; Difficult to asses whether these floodplains would have been more completely forested prior to white settlement.
