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
35
m
Shrub Height
6
m
Field Height
8
m
Tree Cover
85
%
Shrub Cover
65
%
Field Cover
25
%
Nonvascular Cover
1
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
A mesophytic oak-hickory-beech forest on a deep-soiled upland flanking a branch of the Nansemond River in Sleepy Hole Park. Ostrya virginiana dominates the understory, and a near-state-record-size individual of this species (23 m tall, 35.5 cm DBH, 11.6 m average crown spread) is located in the northeast corner of the plot.