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
26
m
Shrub Height
6
m
Field Height
5
m
Tree Cover
75
%
Shrub Cover
60
%
Field Cover
45
%
Nonvascular Cover
1
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
This plot is located in a very extensive oak / heath forest that occupies the massive, rolling to level, alluvial fans at the foot of the Blue Ridge below Big Levels (see also plots GPNF039 and GPNF040). The plot is representative of a variant lacking Gaylussacia baccata, and with a mixture of oak species. The canopy is somewhat open, with some oak recruitment.