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
28
m
Shrub Height
6
m
Field Height
1
m
Tree Cover
60
%
Shrub Cover
4
%
Field Cover
20
%
Nonvascular Cover
50
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot is on the pond rim and upper edge of the basin of pond S105-4 in an open forest / woodland. Tom Rawinski dubbed this pond "The Savanna" because most of the wetland consists of well-spaced trees with locally dense graminoid patches underneath. The area of the sample is dominated by several good-sized Quercus lyrata, with Saccharum baldwinii forming patchy cover on the western side, where the ground is covered by dead (dried-out) non-sphagnous moss. On the eastern side of the plot, the ground lacks herbaceous plants and is covered by sticks and leaf litter; there, the pond slopes up slightly to an abrupt transition with upland forest (just beyond edge of sample). Shrubs are virtually absent from the entire sample.
