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
1
m
Tree Cover
55
%
Shrub Cover
90
%
Field Cover
1
%
Nonvascular Cover
1
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Steep ravine slope over herbaceous impoundment. "Oak - Beech / Heath" but with no Beech. Stand comprised of large trees with dense, old Kalmia. The largest trees in the entire stand are Pinus taeda, Quercus alba, and Quercus falcata. There very large Ilex and Oxydendrum in the understory. Herbaceous species are sparse to absent. There is much recent and historic wind disturbance. The surrounding upland flat supports disturbed, successional Loblolly-Tulip Poplar Forest with high cover of Microstegium.