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:
Field Height
5
m
Field Cover
80
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Very small stand (perhaps 0.04 ha) dominated by Pontederia cordata, adjacent to much larger stand strongly dominated by Zizania aquatica and to lower Nuphar advena bed along Holts Creek. Plot layout was biased to include both Scirpus cyperinus (clump of six flowering stems) and Typha angustifolia, which is sparse but scattered throughout. Abundance of Murdannia keisak increases toward the creek.
very wet, dark brown, fibric muck; high content of fibric material than soil in plot PAMR005; organic matter (especially fine root material) increases with depth