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
Plot Quality Fields:
Plot Validation Level
(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
Shrub Height
1
m
Field Height
5
m
Shrub Cover
1
%
Field Cover
15
%
Nonvascular Cover
85
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
A mesic cliff face with seepage. Habitat is wet bedrock with 85% bryophyte cover and limited vascular plants rooted in crevices and growing on moss mats; 15% bare wet rock. Common mosses include Thuidium sp. and Climacium americanum. A 10 x 10 m quadrat ("plotless" sample) was visually estimated and sampled. The forest above this cliff face is an acidic cove forest dominated by Tsuga canadensis and Rhododendron maximum. Downslope is a rich cove forest with Acer saccharum, Tilia americana var. heterophylla, Tsuga canadensis, Betula lenta var. lenta.