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
20
m
Shrub Height
3
m
Field Height
5
m
Tree Cover
70
%
Shrub Cover
70
%
Field Cover
40
%
Nonvascular Cover
25
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Open forest on limestone outcropping of southwest-facing side ridge with much exposed limestone bedrock or bedrock with a thin veneer of organic matter. This same vegetation occupies the rocky crest and upper southeast slope of the spur ridge in the southern part of the property. It is characterized by a stunted canopy of eastern red-cedar (Juniperus virginiana), CROW011 oak (Quercus muhlenbergii), white oak (Quercus alba), shagbark hickory, and white ash. Post oak (Quercus stellata), and sugar maple are occasional associates. A large number of drought-tolerant shrubs and herbs occur in the stand. This forest is probably as old as, or older than, the Dry-Mesic Calcareous Forest of adjacent steeper slopes.