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
Plot Quality Fields:
Plot Validation Level
(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
Field Height
1
m
Tree Cover
70
%
Shrub Cover
70
%
Field Cover
70
%
Nonvascular Cover
30
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot located in middle of 1-acre wetland, ca. 75 m west of Rt. 620. The small spring fed streamlet flows through the plot and the entire wetland could be called a seepage swamp. Water source is primarily seepage and the soils are perennially saturated. Hummocks at the site provide habitat for a few species characteristic of mesic environments (Galax aphylla, Quercus rubra and Hamamelis virginiana).