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
22
m
Tree Cover
70
%
Shrub Cover
50
%
Field Cover
70
%
Nonvascular Cover
10
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
A long, narrow plot (10 X 40m) was positioned to capture wetland vegetation along a small, boggy drain through acidic "flatwoods" characteristic of alluvial fans at the western foot of the Blue Ridge. The overstory is currently rather open due to the death of several Pinus rigida trees within the past ten years. Dominants of the saturated forest here are Acer rubrum and Nyssa sylvatica (overstory),
Vaccinium fuscatum (shrub), and Osmunda cinnamomea (herb). Gaylussacia dumosa var. dumosa is a noteworthy Coastal Plain disjunct recorded in the plot.
Plot location: approx. 0.15 mi. SW of where Rt. 661 crosses the August/Rockingham county line.