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
0.600000023841858
m
Field Height
7
m
Tree Cover
95
%
Shrub Cover
0
%
Field Cover
60
%
Nonvascular Cover
0
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
This ~ 17 hectare stand is in a slough formed in an old oxbow of the Nottoway River. The sample captures a seasonally flooded forest of relatively even-aged (i.e. sized) Nyssa aquatica with a few Taxodium distichum. The plot location is near a road that crosses the slough. The road crossing has a culvert. The adjacent upland has been clearcut and burned recently. There is some standing water on the survey date and water is just below the soil surface. There is much flood debris on the ground and many fallen trees.