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 Cover
70
%
Shrub Cover
50
%
Field Cover
50
%
Nonvascular Cover
1
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
An open upper slope oak-hickory forest with diverse, but not particularly lush herbaceous layer. The forest grass Festuca subverticillata is tremendously abundant here, but due to its delicate morphology only has a cover vale of only 6 (10-25% cover) in the plot.
Plot located in Mountain Lake area, on upper north slope of Potts Mountain, between the Appalachian Trail and Forest Service road along the crest, ca. 0.45 mi east of their junctions with Rt. 613.