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
28
m
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot location: 0.7 km S of Rt. 703 terminus at Horner Run.
Rock Types Present: small metabasalt outcrops and debris.
Plot represents an "average" oak or oak-hickory forest for sites with relatively poor soils in the Watery Mountains. The impacts of dogwood anthracnose and heavy deer grazing on herbaceous plants are noticeable throughout the stand.