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
33
m
Shrub Height
6
m
Field Height
1
m
Tree Cover
90
%
Shrub Cover
4
%
Field Cover
70
%
Nonvascular Cover
0.5
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
This site is a low, mucky, seasonally flooded bald cypress swamp that, on the survey date, had only recently drawn down. Taxodium distichum strongly dominates the overstory of this stand, but Acer rubrum and Nyssa biflora are recruiting well in the understory. Shrubs are sparse, and the herb layer consists largely of hydrophytic forbs, especially Boehmeria cylindrica and Saururus cernuus.