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 Cover
71
%
Shrub Cover
41
%
Field Cover
70
%
Nonvascular Cover
26
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot location: near edge of Quantico Creek floodplain, 1.5 km SSE of junction of routes 234 and 2355.
NOTE: This "plot" represents a composite of four contiguous, circular, 100 sq. m. plots sampled in a transect across the seepage wetland at this site. The first plot of the transect represents upland vegetation and is not included. The composite was completed by averaging cover and environmental values across the four plots (2-5). Rawinski notes on the four plots indicate that the environment shifts from a distinctly sloping habitat with emergent seeps in plot 2 seeps to a flat habitat permanently saturated by more stagnant, perhaps nutrient-enriched groundwater or seasonal flooding.