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
70
%
Shrub Cover
2
%
Field Cover
50
%
Nonvascular Cover
20
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
A small, but pristine and relatively diverse ridgecrest depression pond. This pond is seasonally flooded, but was recently drawn down on the date of sampling. Overhanging tree cover and inclusions of upland species on edge hummocks could not be avoided; thus the plot is somewhat heterogeneous.
Plot located in Mountain Lake area on the crest of Salt Pond Mountain, just north of the War Spur - Appalachian Trail connector at a point 0.4 mi northeast of trailhead parking lot on Rt. 613.