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: ca. 0.15 miles N of Blackwater Road Bridge over Milldam Creek, in forested area NE of TNC boardwalk. Plot center marked by a 1" white PVC pipe.
Very pronounced hummock and hollow microtopography.
An oligotrophic swamp forest co-dominated by Taxodium distichum, Nyssa biflora, and Pinus taeda. The fibrous, rhizome-rich peat substrate is essentially similar to that of adjacent marshes. Enormous specimens of Myrica cerifera, some up to 7.0 meters in height, dominate a dense shrub layer.