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
30
m
Shrub Height
6
m
Field Height
25
m
Tree Cover
90
%
Shrub Cover
70
%
Field Cover
60
%
Nonvascular Cover
41
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
An upland depression supporting a hydrophytic forest dominated by Quercus bicolor. Similar habitats and vegetation are frequent in the nearly flat, northern Virginia Triassic Basin. The plot is representative except for the absence of Quercus palustris. The wetland is bisected by a dirt road, and Microstegium vimineum is invading all surrounding forest. The plot area, however, has low exotics.