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
19
m
Field Height
5
m
Tree Cover
60
%
Shrub Cover
15
%
Field Cover
60
%
Nonvascular Cover
1
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
The plot captures a lush, dry-mesophytic forest that intermittently covers deep-soiled, metasedimentary ridge crests and upper slopes in the vicinity of Big Run Overlook. Quercus rubra, Carya spp., and Cimicifuga racemosa strongly dominate the stand, which has notably high species-richness. A very large diversity of both xerophytic and mesophytic herbs occur at moderate to low cover.