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
32
m
Shrub Height
6
m
Field Height
6
m
Tree Cover
90
%
Shrub Cover
45
%
Field Cover
80
%
Nonvascular Cover
0
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot is situated in a 50 m wide strip of floodplain forest along the Nottoway River. The river channel is about 20 m from the plot. The adjacent uplands and parts of the floodplain away from the river have been clear-cut within the past 5 years. Except for rather high cover of Lonicera japonica, the intact floodplain vegetation contains a rather species-rich assemblage of native plants, and has a very diverse and variable tree canopy. Acer barbatum and Carya cordiformis make up most of the sub-canopy tree recruitment and can be expected to increase at the expense of current canopy co-dominants such as Platanus occidentalis, Liriodendron tulipifera, and Liquidambar styraciflua.
