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
19
m
Field Height
2
m
Tree Cover
30
%
Field Cover
65
%
Nonvascular Cover
1
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Quillen Pond #1 ("Stage Pond") of Hayslett report. A large (2.5 acres including the forested border), undisturbed Shenandoah Valley sinkhole pond with decent forest buffer and a history of minimal disturbance, according to the Quillens. This plot represents the community on the less deeply flooded, marginal zone. Included is the inner part of the forested zone, where pin oaks mingle with the herbaceous pond vegetation. The community quickly grades into more deeply flooded vegetation that occupies the majority of the pond (see plot AUGU017).