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
32
m
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot location: Backswamp of Bull Run, ca. 0.2 miles WNW of Stone Bridge on US 29.
No surface rocks present.
A mature stand of swamp forest dominated by Quercus palustris and Quercus bicolor. This vegetation occupies the inner portions of a broad floodplain, where clay-rich soils impede drainage and irregular microtopography of seasonally flooded sloughs and hollows is characteristic. Maximum flooding depth in hollows is ca. 20 cm.