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
50
%
Shrub Cover
50
%
Field Cover
70
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
This variant of a Blue Ridge shale barren lacks bedrock and boulders. Therefore, lithophytes are more or less absent. A rather grassy herbaceous layer is present, containing Sorghastrum nutans, Andropogon gerardii, Schizachyrium scoparium and Andropogon ternarius. Measured trees (dbh in cm.): Quercus montana (35.4), Pinus virginiana (21.7).