Intended to represent high top position in landscape of closely spaced spur ridges and cover. Plot is not very representative of the Chestnut Oak Forest here. Difficult to place a homogeneous plot.
Carolina Vegetation Survey Standard Sampling Method. See http://www.bio.unc.edu/faculty/peet/lab/CVS/ for more information.
Taxon Observation Area
1000
m²
Cover Dispersion
subplot-contiguous
Overall Taxon Cover Values are Automatically Calculated?
yes
Stem Observation Area
1000
m²
Stem Sample Method
Full census
Plot Quality Fields:
Plot Validation Level
(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
--no data--
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Canopy was a mix of pine and oak, but many of the pines have died, allowing understory trees to proliferate. Much down wood of several ages, some tip-up mounds.