Coastal Plain Bottomland Forest (Brownwater Low Terrace Type) < CEGL007397

In the broad bottomlands of southeastern Virginia, low terraces or swales on higher terraces support mixed forests of hydrophytic oaks, water hickory (Carya aquatica), and green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) with graminoid-rich herb layers.  These forests are usually flooded during the winter and early spring but exposed during much of the growing season. This stand, in the Blackwater River bottomland in Isle of Wight County, is dominated by laurel oak (Quercus laurifolia), cattail sedge (Carex typhina), and prune-fruited sedge (Carex corrugata).  Antioch Pines State Natural Area Preserve.