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
13
m
Shrub Height
6
m
Field Height
1
m
Tree Cover
75
%
Shrub Cover
40
%
Field Cover
80
%
Nonvascular Cover
10
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Bouldery, very stunted forest dominated by large-diameter red oaks and younger cohorts of yellow birch. A large sugar maple and a large red maple partly overhang the plot. Plot was positioned to capture a distinct zone on the northeast side of Bother Knob where yellow birch is abundant. The herbaceous vegetation, however, is somewhat transitional between that of the drier, more exposed northern red oak forests of the crest, and that of northern hardwood forests of protected north-facing slopes.