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
32
m
Shrub Height
3
m
Field Height
6
m
Tree Cover
80
%
Shrub Cover
75
%
Field Cover
60
%
Nonvascular Cover
5
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot is located along the headwaters of Coppahaunk Swamp, in a baldcypress - tupelo swamp on deep organic soils. Baldcypress are emergent over tupelos; a few very large loblolly pines are in the stand (one is in the plot), and a large tulip-poplar is located outside the plot. The site has extensive coarse woody debris, and patches of sphagnum are common. The eastern third of the plot extends into the channel of the swamp and supports a number of strongly hydrophytic herbs; the western two-thirds of the plot is slightly higher and supports extensive fern colonies. Baldcypress knees are < 50 cm tall. The upland to the west is in loblolly pine managed with prescribed fire for red cockaded woodpeckers. Not too far downstream is an old Mill Pond (Barrett's Pond) and dam.
