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
50
%
Field Cover
50
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Soils are deep, dark brown and loamy. Fast growing young tulip poplars prevail on this fertile site. A dead Virginia pine in the plot was no doubt out competed by the tulip poplar. Measured trees (dbh in cm.): Liriodendron tulipifera (49.5).