Plot is located on a large island in the middle of the Ohio River. The eastern half of the island is managed by the WV State Parks Dept. The western edge, where the plot is located, is owned by Dupont Corp. Much of the island is brush hogged to maintain the openings. The W end is mostly silver maple forest WOOD.6 and this type. With open areas dominated by fall herbs. There is a large oxbow ca 100m E of plot. It is mostly buttonbush swamp or Leersia oryzoides. The sound of industry and the highway can be heard from the plot. Other than that the context is pretty good.;Beautiful floodplain forest growing on deep alluvial silt loam. The overstory is dominated by Platanus occidentalis and Populus deltoides with a few scattered Acer saccharinum. The forest floor is densly covered by tall herbs, mostly consisting of Verbesina alternifolia and Urtica dioica. The Urtica has already begun dying back for the season. Water at least ponds along the N edge of the plot in the end of an old ox bow.
Representativeness
Plot sized patch of Sycamore - Cottonwood / Stinging nettle - Wingstem floodplain forest. Plot was placed to avoid dominance by silver maple.
