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: Poorly drained flatwoods 0.7 miles SSW of Pleasant Valley Church and 1.0 miles WSW of junction of Blackwater Road and Head of River Road. Plot center staked with a 1" white PVC pipe.
A poorly drained "upland" flat at this site supports second growth mixed oak (Q. michauxii, Q. nigra, Q. pagoda,) forest with Carpinus understory. In the plot, small Fagus grandifolia are confined to slightly elevated hummocks with better drainage while a large clone of Woodwardia virginica inhabits a depression with frequent surface ponding.