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
Plot Quality Fields:
Plot Validation Level
(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
--no data--
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot location: Inundated tupelo swamp on south side of the Northwest River, 0.6 miles west of Bunch Walnuts Rd. Bridge.
On the date this plot was sampled, a rare and powerful southerly wind tide had pushed water nearly all the way up the headwaters of the Northwest River and inundated this plot with 25+ cm of water. Ordinarily, this stretch of the river and its extensive backswamps are unaffected by wind tides. The vegetation is one of several rather impressive stands of Nyssa aquatica and Taxodium distichum observed in this area.