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
30
m
Shrub Height
6
m
Field Height
5
m
Tree Cover
80
%
Shrub Cover
35
%
Field Cover
50
%
Nonvascular Cover
1
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot on low slope above confluence of two small creeks on private property. Stand is a second-growth Acidic Oak-Hickory forest with older trees and more herb diversity than on surrounding slopes. However, oak recruitment is nearly absent and the understory consists mostly of Oxydendrum arboreum and small-gap recruitment of Acer rubrum and Liriodendron tulipifera. Overall woody diversity is exceptionally high, with 39 woody species present. Lonicera japonice (< 1% cover) is the only exotic taxon present.