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
34
m
Shrub Height
3
m
Field Height
5
m
Tree Cover
80
%
Shrub Cover
25
%
Field Cover
25
%
Nonvascular Cover
1
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Site is a lower south slope in cove with scattered old oaks and younger regeneration of various mesophytic tree species. Stand is on edge of flatter area along Roaring Branch, where an acidic cove forest with moderately dense Rhododendron maximum prevails. Moss-covered, old, decaying logs apparently represent trees that died and fell in place. Stand is part of area that Bill Moorhead felt was an old-age forest based on tree cores and other characteristics.