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
26
m
Shrub Height
5
m
Field Height
5
m
Tree Cover
85
%
Shrub Cover
30
%
Field Cover
35
%
Nonvascular Cover
20
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
A medium-age, recently burned white oak - hickory stand on a crest of the Massanutten Mountains in Edinburg Gap. Shrubs in stand were extensively top-killed, but now resprouting. Herbaceous cover and diversity appear to have increased due to removal of litter and shrub/sapling cover by the fire.
Numerous dogwood snags in and around plot. Stand thinned and burned within last few years. Plot is on edge of this disturbance area, and two trees (oaks) were cut within the boundary.