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
15
%
Shrub Cover
50
%
Field Cover
50
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot is located on the top and uppermost faces of an exposed, SW facing limestone cliff at Chimney Rocks, 0.8 mi north of junction of Rtes. 609 and 624. A large cave is located on the lower face of this cliff. Within the plot on the back side of the cliff top, where the thin soil has developed, the presence of several acidophiles (Quercus montana, Vaccinium pallidum, Iris verna and Deschampsia flexuosa) is perhaps explained by interbedded shale or sandstone.