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:
Tree Height
35
m
Shrub Height
4
m
Field Height
15
m
Tree Cover
80
%
Shrub Cover
35
%
Field Cover
20
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Steep side slope of SW running ravine. Canopy with a few large Quercus rubra, Q. alba, and a large Q. velutina. Many stems of Carya ovata/ovalis. Subcanopy mostly Nyssa, lower Cercis canadensis, and seedlings of canopy. Tilia outside the plot. Herb cover is moderately dense.
Directions to Plot: Take road east from Chadwell Gap trailhead to park boundary: NE of Mt. Carmel Church. Hike N and NW toward plot 28. Conduit is on N side of a bouldery ravine; about 10m, 72 degrees from a double trunked Carya ovata (#191). Tagged tree is a double trunk Carya ovata of 35 (each) cm dbh with tag #191. Conduit is at a bearing of 72 degrees and 10 m from tree.