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
32
m
Tree Cover
90
%
Shrub Cover
50
%
Field Cover
30
%
Nonvascular Cover
15
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Vegetation here is a dry-mesic oak-hickory-ash forest with mixed canopy dominance. The presence of Juglans nigra, Cercis canadensis var. canadensis, and Ulmus rubra reflects the relatively low elevation and high-base-status soils weathered from greenstone. The xerophytic graminoids Elymus hystrix var. hystrix, Dichanthelium boscii, and Muhlenbergia sobolifera are herbaceous patch-dominants.
Plot location: just downslope (W) of Skyline Drive at a point 0.3 mi. N of Dickey Ridge Visitor Center.