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
50
%
Shrub Cover
70
%
Field Cover
15
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
This north facing oligotrophic hemlock forest supports a large number of evergreen species in the shrub and herb layers; plants adapted to the low light conditions and nutrient. Old chestnut stumps in plot. Measured trees (dbh in cm.): Tsuga canadensis (49.1), Liriodendron tulipifera (50.3), Quercus rubra (59.2).