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
50
%
Shrub Cover
70
%
Field Cover
70
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot is located on a dry, rocky, mid-mountain band of Greenbrier limestone, just below an old roadway 1.25 mi SE of Little Stone Gap. Numerous small cliffs and ledges with steep intervening slopes covered by stones and boulders, support an open woodland of somewhat stunted Quercus muhlenbergii, Q. rubra and Acer saccharum. A beautiful example of dry calcareous woodland with a diverse herbaceous layer.