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 Pond in Training Area T-9 - follow the trench into the beaver marshes.
Hummock and hollow microtopography.
See plot form for sketch of plot location.
This beaver created woodland is the drier edge of the open water marshes. It is part of a relatively large beaver pond complex. Graminoid covers were difficult to determine due to thorough mixing of the species in the plot. Lyonia is the shrub dominant, with Vaccinium corymbosum being the second most abundant.