This note provides a brief summary of the flora, geomorphology, soils, climate, and plant communities of the county. The county is located principally within the Claremore Cuesta Plains geomorphic province. The Eastern Sandstone Cuesta Plains province extends into the western edge of the county at various points. The ridges have a steep face on the east and a gentle backslope with their height dependent on the thickness of the underlying shale formations. The county is drained by the Caney River, which flows generally south except for an eastward deflection in the central part of the county.
Soils are deep to moderately deep and nearly level to gently sloping.
The other two associations support woodlands. Each district is altered by local factors that produce distinctive plant communities. Three woodland and two grassland communities were recognized in this study but these fairly broad units could easily be subdivided. Of the three woodland communities, the most distinctive is an upland woods that covers sandstone hills and escarpments at the western edge of the county. The other two woodland communities are produced in bottomlands.