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
1000
m²
Plot Quality Fields:
Plot Validation Level
(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
Tree Height
20
m
Shrub Height
6
m
Field Height
5
m
Tree Cover
70
%
Shrub Cover
30
%
Field Cover
0.5
%
Nonvascular Cover
0.5
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Forest consisting of an open stand of tall Pinus taeda over shorter Quercus virginiana. The latter have the classic, sprawing form, with some of the lower branches spreading over the ground. This stand was recently burned in a prescribed fire (D. Loomis, pers. comm.) that scarred tree trunks but failed to remove the relatively resistent live oak leaf litter. This stand is floristically depauperate, with only eight species recorded in a 1000 square meter plot, and the herb layer has very sparse cover.
