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
100
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: Beaver Impoundment at Pohick Loop Trail- Accotink Bay Wildlife Refuge. There is a separate parking area for this trail off of Pohick Road.
See plot form for drawing of plot location.
The plot is transitional between a dry beaver meadow/field and the wet open channels of the pond with Peltandra and Saggitaria latifolia. Herbs are growing only on the raised drier tree bases. Polygonum punctatum clearly dominates adjacent areas. The surrounding forest is beech and oak dominated, with Sweetgum, Betula nigra, Carpinus, and Acer rubrum around the pond edge.