Town of Slaty Fork with busy mill is niosy from plot. Other areas of floodplain have sycamore dominated canopy ~ both youger and older stands. Area is only moderately weedy.;Floodplain just out of town of Slaty Fork with old railgrade and fishing access, was surely cleared in past. Site is near confluence of two creeks. Community is linear, open forest or woodland paralleling Olf Field Fork, consisiting of 2 clones of Plain's cottonwood ~ possibly a linear remnant of one older clone. Understory is dominated by lush, tall herbs. There is large downfall throughout plot and snags and T3 living have busted tops.
Representativeness
Small patch cottonwood floodplain forest. Long narrow plot parallel to creek samples 2 cottonwood clones that are nearly connected.