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:
Shrub Cover
45
%
Field Cover
70
%
Nonvascular Cover
2
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot location: about 1.6 km S30 degrees E of Cashville. About 30 m west of plot ESW04 (ACCO014). An open Cephalanthus scrub community occupying a short section of a meandering swale which mostly supports savanna-like woodland or forest. Plot ESW-4 (ACCO014), 30 meters to the east, is representative of the woodland. This community appears to be somewhat lower than the woodland, and wetter (water table at ca. 1.2 m depth on 8/10/95). The overall microtopography here is flat with scattered depressions. Care striata is notably more robust in this community than in the woodlands and forests nearby, and at "The Lake" near Hallwood. This was the only occurrence of this community that I observed at either site.
Note: Bryophyte cover consisted of Sphagnum macrophyllum (cover 2), and S. cf. fallax (cover 3).
0-+3 cm: litter (Carex stems and leaves)
0-3 cm: duff
3-12 cm: dark gray loamy fine sand
12-15 cm: light gray loamy fine sand, oxidized rhizospheres @ 18 cm
15-65 cm: clayey fine sand
65-100 cm: dark gray clayey fine sand with orange mottles
100-120 cm: mixed dark gray clayey fine sand with mottles and loose light gray fine sand
120 cm: water table
Disturbance Data:
Disturbance Type
Disturbance Intensity
Disturbance Comment
unknown
The whole area was logged some decades ago but there is not evidence of stumps in immediate vicinity; there are several old downed logs in plot, and trace of what may be an old road running across plot.
