Nearby is a remnant white oak 170+ cm dbh. Lower ground in forest block supports swamp forest with skunk cabbage.;Broad floodplain of Tygart River. Remnant forest patch in an agricultural valley. This plot is in a seldom-flooded higher position. Community is a forest dominated by hickories and white oak, 2nd or 3rd growth, medium-sized trees. Hawthorn dominate the tall shrub layer. Herb layer dominated by sedges. Uncertain wetland status - some obligates present.
Representativeness
Placed plot to minimize non-native plant cover and to represent oak-hickory floodplain forest. ID of Carya spp. is tentative - may all be C. ovata. We called the less shaggy, bigger-leafed trees C. alba - maybe hybrids?