Releve Virginia Division of Natural Heritage, see http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/natural_heritage/documents/nh_plotform_instructions.pdf
Overall Taxon Cover Values are Automatically Calculated?
no
Stem Observation Area
400
m²
Plot Quality Fields:
Plot Validation Level
(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
Tree Height
24
m
Shrub Height
1
m
Field Height
25
m
Tree Cover
90
%
Shrub Cover
1
%
Field Cover
75
%
Nonvascular Cover
3
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Directions to plot: 'Take Wormly Pond Rd from Cook Road entrance. Park to "Virginia Militia" sign. Ravine is east of road in vicinity of gravel pit.
Ravine bottom in Ravine E. of Wormley Pond. Representative of CP Seepage Swamp Natural Community. Large example but degraded by invasive Microstegium. Stand is small diameter Fraxinus and Acer rubrum, with no shrub layer and heavy Decumaria in trees, Dense herb layer. Stream channel runs through plot. Steep slopes surrounding swamp are Oak/Heath or Mixed Mesic Hardwood (Beech-White Oak) with Dry Calcareous Forests on S. facing noses.