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
25
m
Field Height
5
m
Tree Cover
60
%
Shrub Cover
90
%
Field Cover
35
%
Nonvascular Cover
4
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
A shrubby, dry-mesophytic forest dominated by oaks, hickories, and white ash occupying the upper slopes of Loft Mountain above 3000 ft elevation. Compositionally, the stand is somewhat transitional between the richer montane oak-hickory forest of medium- to high-elevation greenstone slopes and crests, and the northern red oak forest type of high-elevation gentle summits.