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
72
%
Shrub Cover
50
%
Field Cover
90
%
Nonvascular Cover
15
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
The plot documents a rich, high elevation mixed hardwood forest situated in a relatively gentle, ravine head cove. Substrates here are very bouldery, moist and evidently fertile. The herbaceous layer is particularly lush and dominated by vigorous populations of Angelica triquinata and the globally uncommon Aconitum reclinatum.
Plot location: Shenandoah NP. About 40m downslope of Skyline Drive just south of Hemlock Springs Overlook, on NE slope of Stony Man Mountain.