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:
Field Height
5
m
Tree Cover
5
%
Shrub Cover
20
%
Field Cover
70
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
The steep slope supporting this open, glade like vegetation is composed primarily of ferruginous sandstone. Conspicuously absent from this plot and this particular woodland are shaly substrates and the shale loving plants, Senecio antennariifolius and Draba ramosissima, both of which characterize the shaly woodland farther down Sprouts Run. Large, healthy, fruiting individuals of Clematis coactilis occur in/near the plot.