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
Plot Quality Fields:
Plot Validation Level
(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
Shrub Height
6
m
Field Height
5
m
Tree Cover
80
%
Shrub Cover
30
%
Field Cover
70
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Directions to plot and tree tag: Monument at base of tagged tree. Tagged tree is a of 52 cm dbh with tag # 331. Bearing and distance from tree to conduit was not recorded.
Plot location was selected in the field by DNH Ecologist.
Big trees. One corner is acid with Nyssa sylvatica and Oxydendrum arboreum.
Canopy height was not measured, but is >20<35 m, other strata heights were not recorded, but entered as the maximum height. Percentage cover by stratum was not measured , actual percentages and cover classes for database entry were determined by examining cover classes for individual species.