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
30
m
Shrub Height
6
m
Field Height
1
m
Tree Cover
80
%
Shrub Cover
45
%
Field Cover
70
%
Nonvascular Cover
25
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Small seepage swamp with overall canopy approximately 20 meters tall with emergent pines to 30 meters. This sample has dense shrub cover with graminoid dominated patches. Willow Oak is scattered in the landscape and in other small seeps, but most are dominated by Red Maple and Black Gum. The ground is characterized by Sphagnous hummocks and patches of saturated mineral soil.