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
Stem Observation Area
400
m²
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
30
%
Field Cover
70
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot is located near the inner (upland) edge of a very extensive bottomland bordering the Banister River. In this area, the river flows through a small Triassic basin which has influenced the development of a broad floodplain terrace with hardpan subsoils. Forest vegetation in the area of the plot is above average in quality, with medium age trees predominant and scattered 80+ dbh cm. specimens occurring occasionally.
Plot location: Bottomland forest on SW side of large marsh, ca. 0.2 miles N of Wolf Trap Creek and 1.7 miles SE of US 360 bridge over the Banister River.