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
30
%
Shrub Cover
15
%
Field Cover
70
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot in a rich saddle on the crest of a granitic ridge. Soils are deep, organic rich, and evidently quite fertile. A large patch of Heracleum maximum is in plot, its cover value would have been greater earlier in the year. This type of vegetation, minus the Heracleum, occurs for a considerable distance along the ridge crest. Measured trees (dbh in cm.): Quercus rubra (58.4, crown with die back), Carya ovalis (46.2).