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: Adjacent to Jackson Miles Abbott Wildlife Refuge, along the nontidal marsh complex.
Measured slope (ave): 0-2 degrees or 0-3% (level or nearly so).
See plot form for drawing of plot location and other descriptions.
This plot is part of the poorly drained, forested margin of a beaver pond complex. A pair of shallow depression channels join in the plot and lead into the open marsh. Hydrologic alteration is evident outside the plot and exotics are conspicuous throughout this whole area. Pine plantations are not far from the plot site.