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
Plot Quality Fields:
Plot Validation Level
(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
Shrub Height
2
m
Field Height
5
m
Shrub Cover
30
%
Field Cover
5
%
Nonvascular Cover
80
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Steep metabasalt outcrop supporting an open shrubland with lichen-covered rocks and small accumulations of organic matter in crevices. Water pools in rocky depressions. Characteristic lichens include Lasallia papulosa, Lasallia pensylvanica, Rhizoplaca subdiscrepens, Porpidia spp., Rhizocarpon cf. reductum, Stereocaulon glaucescens, and Xanthoparmelia sp.