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
31
m
Shrub Height
6
m
Field Height
5
m
Tree Cover
90
%
Shrub Cover
60
%
Field Cover
8
%
Nonvascular Cover
12
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
This plot contains a mature beech-oak-sourwood forest with abundant mountain-laurel underneath. It occupies a short, steep, northeast-facing bluff fronting Holiday Creek, with many outcrops and local areas of moss-covered sheet erosion. A large white oak is rooted just outside plot to the east. The stand continues upstream for at least 0.5 km. and was aged by DOF at approximately 140 years (stand origin = 1867).