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
28
m
Shrub Height
6
m
Field Height
3
m
Tree Cover
70
%
Shrub Cover
90
%
Field Cover
5
%
Nonvascular Cover
1
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
This plot is located on the upper north slope of Brushy Mountain above the head of Marchant Creek. Here, dense colonies of Rhododendron maximum extend continuously from the bottom of the small cove below to the crest of the north slope, where they form more open thickets under a submesophytic forest of mixed oaks (Quercus montana and Q. rubra), hickory (Carya ovalis), and red maple. Galax urceloata and low shrubs such as Vaccinium pallidum and V. erythrocarpum occur primarily in small openings in the shrub cover.
