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
15
m
Shrub Height
5
m
Field Height
1
m
Tree Cover
35
%
Shrub Cover
40
%
Field Cover
60
%
Nonvascular Cover
1
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
The plot is located in the same stand as plot NEWK002 but captures the most open zone immediately adjacent to the river. The habitat is a xeric, sandy fluvial terrace situated ca. 1.5 m above the normal water level of the Chickahominy River and located on a narrow, inter-swamp peninsula. Vegetation in the plot is dominated by Carya pallida (overstory), Vaccinium arboreum and Quercus margarettiaea (shrub layer), and Opuntia humifusa, Pityopsis graminifolia var. latifolia, and Piptochaetium avenaceum (herb layer).