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
22
m
Shrub Height
6
m
Field Height
5
m
Tree Cover
80
%
Shrub Cover
65
%
Field Cover
45
%
Nonvascular Cover
0.5
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot location: ca. 40 meters W of Rt. 640 at a point 0.6 km N of jct. with Rt. 636.
A very dry, infertile upland site supporting a mixed oak forest (Quercus montana, Quercus alba, Quercus coccinea) with dense clones of Gaylussacia baccata in the shrub and herb layers. The stand has very low species richness and adequate recruitment of canopy oaks, but Acer rubrum far exceeds other understory species in stem density and cover.