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:
Tree Cover
30
%
Shrub Cover
90
%
Field Cover
50
%
Nonvascular Cover
30
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
This wetland vegetation is very thick. Prescribed burning would no doubt be beneficial to rare species. About one half of the Chamaecyparis thyoides trees are dead; the cause is unknown. Low (< 1 m) herb layer is virtually nonexistent - merely a few Acer rubrum seedlings and Chamaecyparis seedlings on fallen logs. Additional species likely occurred in the plot, but the thick vegetation prevented a careful search. An excellent description of the vegetation may be found in U89FRO01. To the west the wetland edge id influenced by groundwater seepage; plants such as Woodwardia areolata abound there.
Plot located ca. 120 m from western edge of wetland.
