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
70
%
Shrub Cover
30
%
Field Cover
70
%
Nonvascular Cover
20
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot documents relatively diverse, dry woodland vegetation occurring on steep slopes with numerous greenstone outcrops. The cover of Phacelia dubia var. dubia was estimated conservatively based on dried inflorescences visible in the plot. In reality, this species probably covers 50-75% of the ground during the early spring period based on observations made in April 1999.
Plot location: Shenandoah NP. On rocky SSE-facing slope just upslope of (plot visible from) the Doyles River Trail, at a point ca. 160 meters SW of Lower Doyles River Falls.
GPS file R090216A is recorded on the plot and the plot map does not indicate that the point was manually changed, but the Method of Determining Location was entered as topo map.