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
200
m²
Plot Quality Fields:
Plot Validation Level
(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
Tree Cover
30
%
Shrub Cover
70
%
Field Cover
70
%
Nonvascular Cover
20
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
The plot is situated along the top of a small cliff/outcrop supporting dry woodland vegetation. Because of dangerous working conditions on the cliff and because homogeneous vegetation was confined to a narrow zone along the top of the outcrop, plot size was limited to 200 sq. m.
Plot location: Shenandoah NP. Thinly wooded greenstone outcrop just north of and adjacent to the Bluff Trail on the south slope of South Marshall, ca. 0.5 mi. ESE of Gravel Springs Shelter.