Coastal Plain Calcareous Seepage Swamp – CEGL006413

Leatherwood (Dirca palustris, in left foreground) and common brome sedge (Carex bromoides ssp. bromoides) in a ravine-bottom seepage swamp in York River State Park, near Croaker, James City County.  Both species have strong preferences for base-rich soils and are uncommon or rare in the Virginia Coastal Plain.