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
10
%
Field Cover
30
%
Nonvascular Cover
80
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Shrub vegetation on massive, west-facing metabasalt cliff-face, ledges, and summit. Vegetation is patchy and ericad-rich, with Gaylussacia baccata most abundant. Appalachian Trail crosses top of outcrop, and it is remarkable there is not more trampling damage from hikers. Conspicuous lichens on the exposed rock surfaces include Dimelaena oreina, Melanelia stygia, Lasallia papulosa, Umbilicaria muehlenbergii, Fuscidea sp., Acarospora sp., Xanthoparmelia sp., and Rhizoplaca subdiscrepens.