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
100
m²
Plot Quality Fields:
Plot Validation Level
(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
Tree Cover
15
%
Shrub Cover
5
%
Field Cover
50
%
Nonvascular Cover
30
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
An exposed greenstone outcrop supporting a mosaic of herbaceous vegetation, unvegetated (except for lichens and mosses) bedrock, and a few stunted shrubs.
Plot location: Shenandoah NP. On slope of Goat Ridge above the South Fork Moormans River, ca 0.8 mi. SW of the upper end of the Charlottesville Reservoir.