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
1000
m²
Plot Quality Fields:
Plot Validation Level
(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
Tree Height
34
m
Shrub Height
6
m
Field Height
1
m
Tree Cover
90
%
Shrub Cover
30
%
Field Cover
45
%
Nonvascular Cover
0.5
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot is representative of composition on drier but still quite fertile side-slope sites of the old-age Montpelier Landmark Forest. A 1000 square meter releve was established because of the size of trees and compositional diversity of the stand. A Quercus rubra snag and gap is located in the southwest corner of the plot. A large Quercus montana overhangs the plot.