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
25
m
Shrub Height
6
m
Field Height
5
m
Tree Cover
31
%
Shrub Cover
30
%
Field Cover
20
%
Nonvascular Cover
0.5
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Relatively old-age white oak - hickory stand, ca. 144 years old. Site is fairly dry and herbs are sparse. Good regeneration of white and hickories, although most is in the small sapling and seedling classes. Red maple and other mesophytic oak-replacement species have low density in this part of the stand, which grades downslope to a more mesic white oak forest with heavy Fagus - Acer understory. Several additional white oak overhanging the plot.