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
Shrub Height
5
m
Field Height
7
m
Tree Cover
90
%
Shrub Cover
70
%
Field Cover
10
%
Nonvascular Cover
5
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
This plot is located on a very steep, somewhat sheet-eroded slope with numerous quartz fragments strewn over the soil surface. The vegetation is part of the same stand capture by plot TURK023 but is definitely on the dry end of the environmental and compositional gradient. Here, Quercus montana and Kalmia latifolia are co-dominant with Fagus grandifolia and Quercus alba; Liriodendron tulipifera is absent.
Leaf litter is mostly thin to absent, locally 2-3 cm
A dense humus/ root mat (mostly 1-2cm, locally 10 cm) is generally present
A = yellowish silt loam