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
26
m
Shrub Height
3
m
Field Height
3
m
Tree Cover
70
%
Shrub Cover
30
%
Field Cover
50
%
Nonvascular Cover
3
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
This plot was sampled in pond S105-6, just north of Mega Pond. It is a large pond with big patches of Woodwardia virginica around the margin and small areas dominated by Diospyros virginiana. The rim is forested with Nyssa biflora and Quercus lyrata. Sphagnum and other mosses form patches on the ground. Water marks on the trees range from 30 to 50 cm above the ground, The plot captures part of the area sampled in the 1995 transect sampled by Tom Rawinski, but runs more or less perpendicular to it, thus capturing a single "zone."