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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
Central Appalachian Mountain Pond (Buttonbush - Threeway Sedge Type) – CEGL003746