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
37
m
Shrub Height
4
m
Field Height
5
m
Tree Cover
90
%
Shrub Cover
10
%
Field Cover
2
%
Nonvascular Cover
1
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Resample of 13-year old permanent plot. Corners are now monumented with rebar stakes painted light blue.
Little has changed since the 2001 sampling. The trees have grown larger and five species that occurred in very low numbers in 2001 have disappeared. The stand is continuing its slow but inexorable transition from a forest of Liriodendron tulipifera and Quercus spp. to one dominated by Fagus grandifolia.