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
33
m
Shrub Height
5
m
Field Height
2
m
Tree Cover
95
%
Shrub Cover
25
%
Field Cover
55
%
Nonvascular Cover
0.5
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Location: ca. 350 m SSE of the George Washington Memorial Parkway Bridge over Dead Run, and ca. 45 m N of the park boundary, in a broad floodplain along Dead Run. The plot is located in a slight depression between the main stream channel and a tributary to the east. Vegetation is a medium-age forest dominated by Acer rubrum, Fraxinus pennsylvanica, and Liriodendron tulipifera. There is lower herbaceous cover in the area of the plot than in most other parts of the floodplain. Shallow water may stand briefly in parts of the depression during wet periods. See also plot TURK045, located approximately 150 meters to the north in the same floodplain.