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
Field Cover
75
%
Nonvascular Cover
1
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
The plot documents low herbaceous vegetation of a very large (ca. 7 ha) drawdown zone at the upper end of the Carvin's Cove reservoir. Because of microtopographic variation and variations in flooding depth and length, there was considerable variation in vegetation composition and species richness, although Eragrostis hypnoides was strongly dominant everywhere. This plot captures a relatively recently drawn-down channel bank on which Cyperus squarrosus, C. erythrorhizos, and C. odoratus are the principal associates of Eragrostis hypnoides.