Central Appalachian Mountain Pond (Buttonbush - Threeway Sedge Type) – CEGL003746
The deeply flooded center of a Shenandoah Valley sinkhole pond dominated by common spatterdock (Nuphar advena); the drier outer zone supports a buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) shrubland. Near Harriston, August County. © DCR-DNH, Gary P. Fleming