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 Height
34
m
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot location: ca. 0.2 miles NNE of Battery Heights Interpretive pull-off on US 29.
No surface rocks present.
This site has been continuously forested, though disturbed by cutting, since before the Civil War. The current forest vegetation has an overstory dominated by Quercus alba, with Quercus velutina, Quercus rubra, Carya ovalis, and Carya alba as frequent associates. A surprising diversity of herbaceous xerophytes occurs among patchy low ericads (Gaylussacia baccata, Vaccinium pallidum, and Vaccinium stamineum).