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:
Field Height
1
m
Tree Cover
30
%
Shrub Cover
8
%
Field Cover
30
%
Nonvascular Cover
70
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot situated along the narrow crest of a south sloping ridge at the southern flank of the shale barren, ca. 1 mi southeast of McClung. Slope is not severe and shale fragments are rather stable. The plot contains an unusually rich assemblage of shale barren plants.
Pinus virginiana in plot measured @ 17 cm dbh. Additional species recorded from this shale barren are Parthenocissus quinquefolia, Oenothera argillicola, Solidago harrissii, Selaginella rupestris, Sedum telephioides, Cheilanthes lanosa, Rubus cf. allegheniensis, Campanula divaricata, Robinia pseudoacacia, Smilax rotundifolia, Kalmia latifolia, Viburnum acerifolium, Penstemon canescens, Lespedeza virginica, Lespedeza procumbens and Asclepias verticillata.