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:
Tree Height
10
m
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot location: Maple Flats pond complex, N of Coal Road, E of Kennedy Creek, W of Canada Run. Pond is located ca. 0.3 miles WNW of Spring Pond.
Rock Types Present: bedrock covered by a thick alluvial fan of metasedimentary materials.
This plot is located near the center of this pond, one of the largest of the Maple Flats complex. This basin is < 1 m deep when full and has an irregular hydroperiod (Buhlmann, Mitchell & Smith 1999). Vegetation is essentially herbaceous, with scattered islands of small Quercus palustris and Nyssa sylvatica trees. The draw-down vegetation is dominated first by Eleocharis acicularis and later by Panicum spp. The state-rare graminoids Cyperus dentatus and Eleocharis melanocarpa form abundant patches in some years but are absent or uncommon in others; they were abundant on the date of sampling.
