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
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: Just east of Portsmouth Ditch Road at point 1.1 miles north of Rosemary Ditch and 0.8 miles south of Big Entry Ditch. Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge.
Hummock and hollow microtopography.
The plot documents a secondary mixed forest of Pinus taeda, Liquidambar styraciflua, and Acer rubrum. The absence of Arundianria gigantea spp tecta (usually abundant in such communities) from this stand is noteworthy and may be related to the organic soil. A shallow depression supporting a large clone of Woodwardia virginica dominates a portion of the plot.