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
28
m
Shrub Height
6
m
Field Height
5
m
Tree Cover
70
%
Shrub Cover
75
%
Field Cover
70
%
Nonvascular Cover
0
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Submesic, mixed deciduous forest at the top of a bank subtending a large wind-tidal woodland and marsh. Pine occurs with oaks and beech and the low shrub layer is dominated by heath species. Herbs are infrequent and occur at low cover.