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
100
m²
Plot Quality Fields:
Plot Validation Level
(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
Shrub Height
2
m
Field Height
8
m
Shrub Cover
8
%
Field Cover
9
%
Nonvascular Cover
90
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot captures a rather sparsely vegetated, periodically flood-scoured rock outcrop along, and about 3-4 meters in elevation above, the Potomac River. Dominant non-vascular plants are Grimmia laevigata and Xanthoparmelia cf. conspersa. Flooding probably occurs at the low end of a 1 to 7-year return interval. Most of the outcrop surfaces are steeply sloping and microtopography is very irregular.