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
1
m
Shrub Cover
15
%
Field Cover
90
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot encompasses most of a calcareous seepage wetland. The site was formerly grazed and is slowly reverting to shrubby vegetation. Soils are saturated, organic rich, and actually "quake" somewhat underfoot. Bedrock is dolomite. Plants such as Rhynchospora capillacea and Parnassia grandifolia are restricted to the edges of the seepage rivulet. Soil fertility evidently increases in each direction away from the cold, spring-fed rivulet.
Note: this releve was completed rather quickly. Many additional vernal and aestival species probably occur here.