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
14
m
Field Height
5
m
Tree Cover
60
%
Shrub Cover
15
%
Field Cover
35
%
Nonvascular Cover
10
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Steep, dry, rocky upper slope with an open forest of stunted oaks and hickories. Deeper soils of the ridge crest immediately above the plot support much lush, more mesophytic forest vegetation (see plot SHEN129).