Overall Taxon Cover Values are Automatically Calculated?
no
Stem Observation Area
1000
m²
Plot Quality Fields:
Effort Level
Very thorough
Plot Validation Level
(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
Floristic Quality
High
Bryophyte Quality
Not examined
Lichen Quality
Not examined
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
--no data--
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
This site corresponds relatively closely to the description of NatureServe’s Pinus palustris-Pinus serotina / Aristida palustris-Sarracenia flava association. This sample is included in order to document the occurrence of this globally rare (G1) community in Francis Marion NF and to provide further details concerning vegetation composition. This example is located in a swale within a surrounding high quality fire maintained longleaf pine flatwoods matrix. Long axis of swale is oriented in east-west direction. North boundary is wet savanna dominated by Ctenium aromaticum. South boundary is dense shrub zone with Ilex glabra, Magnolia virginiana, Persea palustris. Within the sample plot the northern half is somewhat shrubbier, with Ilex glabra intruding into the Aristida palustris-Sarracenia flava matrix.