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
8
m
Field Cover
90
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Stand of Acorus calamus between Nuphar advena flat and extensive Zizania aquatica marsh along Clayborne Creek. Much of the Acorus stems are senescent and matted down. Vegetation height likely exceeds 1 m throughout most of the plot earlier in the growing season. The plot is marked permanently to permit determination of vigor and cover of Acorus prior to senescence in subsequent years. There is no evidence of disturbance other than the presumably hydrological flattening of culms.
Plot marked permanently with PVC stakes.