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
33
m
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot location: Top of slope along Bull Run, 0.3 miles ESE of Sudley Springs.
Rock Types Present: Very minor siltstone debris.
The vegetation here is a fairly diverse dry-mesic forest with mixed overstory dominance by Quercus alba, Quercus rubra, Carya glabra, and Carya alba. Although cut in the past, this site has been continuously forested since before the Civil War.