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
Stem Observation Area
400
m²
Plot Quality Fields:
Plot Validation Level
(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
Tree Height
30
m
Shrub Height
6
m
Field Height
5
m
Tree Cover
90
%
Shrub Cover
45
%
Field Cover
25
%
Nonvascular Cover
0.5
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot location: ca. 70 meters W of Rt. 614 at a point ca. 1.0 km S of jct. with Rt. 636.
Plot is located in the same stand as plots ABSF007 and ABSF011, all located on a gentle upland divide between two Piedmont stream valleys. Vegetation is a medium-age forest of Quercus alba, Quercus coccinea, Quercus velutina, and Carya spp., with Nyssa sylvatica, Acer rubrum, and Cornus florida attaining the highest stem densities and cover in the understory. Vaccinium pallidum contributes the largest cover to a rather sparse herb layer. These plots capture what appears to be a buffer of older forest left by the road when adjacent parts of the stand were recently logged.