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
24
m
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot location: 0.51 km S of the summit of England Mtn.
Rock Types Present: minor metabasalt debris.
Sampling site is a gentle upper-slope bench with dry but fertile (high Ca, Mg, Mn) soils. The vegetation is similar to plots WATM004 and WATM010: an open oak-hickory-ash forest with impressive species richness. Several grasses (e.g., Muhlenbergia sobolifera, Festuca subverticillata) attain relatively high cover in the herb layer.