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 Cover
50
%
Shrub Cover
8
%
Field Cover
90
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot located ca. 15 m north of jeep road, ca. 50 m east of bend in road at bench before final ascent up Rocky Mountain. Soils atop this relatively broad, high elevation granitic ridge crest are deep, dark and loamy. Many nutrient demanding plants are present. The tree canopy is rather open due to past ice storms damage no doubt.
Carex woodii and Calamagrostis porteri recorded on 3 June 1997.
Measured trees in plot (dbh in cm.): Quercus rubra (39.2), Carya ovata (34.8).