Overall Taxon Cover Values are Automatically Calculated?
no
Plot Quality Fields:
Plot Validation Level
(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
--no data--
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
mesic; flat plain / gap; An extraordinary stand of apparently natural mafic prairie vegetation. Near total absence of exotics (limited to narrow zone along road) and dominance by native warm-season grasses suggest that this is a naturally occurring community. Parthenium auriculatum in particular indicates mafic soil. It is not obvious how this stand, which occupies perhaps 1500m2 is maintained in open condition, other than by edaphic stress and resistance to woody invasion. Periodic mowing may take place, but stature of flowering Silphium (1.5+m) indicates that the site has not been mowed this growing season. Further investigation into the history, dynamics, and soil of this site is warranted. Vegetation bears only superficial resemblance to a putative mesic/wet-mesic prairie in Floyd county. Several species at this site are new to the BRP flora: Carex bushii, Coreopsis pubescens var. pubescens, Triosteum perfoliatum, and Vaccinium fuscatum (specimens misplaced). Additional species in hectare found in both surrounding herbaceous vegetation and in adjacent disturbed woods, through which seepage-fed stream runs. Akers Meadow supports a known population of Lilium believed to represent a hybrid between grayi and canadense; only vegetative individuals were observed during this survey.;