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:
Field Height
30
m
Tree Cover
30
%
Shrub Cover
50
%
Field Cover
70
%
Nonvascular Cover
15
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot located on steep, semi-open slope on W side of the narrow hollow, ca. 0.35 mi from Forest Service road. A floristically diverse, very steep granitic glade or woodland. Thin soil evidently enriched somewhat by lateral runoff of water.
Measured trees in plot (dbh in cm.): Quercus montana (35), Fraxinus americana (25.1), Carya ovata (21.8).