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
100
m²
Plot Quality Fields:
Plot Validation Level
(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
Field Height
5
m
Field Cover
80
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
A moderately diverse stand of low marsh dominated by Pontederia cordata and Leersia oryzoides, with a significant component of Murdannia keisak and an unusually large number of emergent stems of Scirpus cyperinus. Scattered individuals of Cephalanthus occidentalis, many of which appear dead (see Plot Narrative for plot PAMR014), surround plot on three sides. A single individual of Nyssa biflora (ca. 4 m tall) stands just outside plot and contributes a trace of overhanging cover.
Plot permanently marked with PVC stakes.