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
31
m
Tree Cover
90
%
Shrub Cover
45
%
Field Cover
12
%
Nonvascular Cover
1
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot captures a mature, open oak-hickory forest on a fairly steep, convex slope above the Potomac River floodplain. Several large Quercus alba individuals are located in and near the plot. This vegetation has a fairly high floristic diversity and low coverage of exotics, although this may be changing with the spread of Microstegium vimineum in and near the plot.
Two old tip-up mounds in plot. Old concrete Corps of Engineers' structure nearby (outside plot). Several dogwood snags in plot. A hiking trail and very old road trace graze the upper edge of the plot.