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:
--no data--
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot location: Forested peninsula on north shore of Pohick Bay.
See plot form for drawing of plot location.
A tidal swamp forest that projects into Pohick Bay; the canopy is open Fraxinus pennsylvanica. The herb layer is predominantly Saururus cernuus and Murdannia keisak.There's a fair amount of standing water, no deeper than a few centimeters. The Asian mystery snail is plentiful in the plot.
Exotics present and rampant upstream in Pohick Creek, especially Polygonum perfoliatum, Murdannia keisak is in the plot. There is some debris- cans, etc., washed up in the plot.