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 sketch of plot location.
The plot is at a drier edge of a non-tidal wetland/beaver pond with little standing water. It's succeeding into grassland vegetation. Leersia oryzoides is the dominant graminoid. No one Carex species dominates; there is a mix of several species. Peltandra and Alisma subcordata are in clumps within the plot. The surrounding forest is beech, Kalmia, and oak.