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:
Tree Height
9
m
Shrub Height
3
m
Field Height
1
m
Tree Cover
45
%
Shrub Cover
75
%
Field Cover
30
%
Nonvascular Cover
4
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Directions to plot and tree tag:
Tree is about 90 m S of the Blue Ridge Parkway, ca. 1 mi. S of Reed’s Gap. Tagged tree is a Quercus prinus of 33 cm dbh with tag #496. Conduit is at a bearing of 301 degrees and 5 m from tree.
Plot location was pre-selected in the project's stratified-random sampling design.
This is stunted forested of Castanea dentata, Acer rubrum, Quercus rubra, Quercus prinus forest that has been severely impacted by Chestnut blight and ice storms. Many of the large trees were broken in two, leaving large canopy gaps. The shrub layer is extremely thick with Kalmia latifolia, Menziesia pilosa, and Rhododendron prinophyllum. The herb layer is sparse.