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
20
m
Shrub Height
3
m
Field Height
5
m
Tree Cover
80
%
Shrub Cover
50
%
Field Cover
15
%
Nonvascular Cover
15
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Directions to plot and tree tag:
Park on BR Parkway opposite side of mountain from Wintergreen and travel E upslope for about 210m.Tagged tree is a Quercus prinus of 34 cm dbh with tag #495. Conduit is at a bearing of 261 degrees and 2 m from tree.
Plot location was pre-selected by the project's stratified random sampling design.
This is an oak-hickory forest with an abundance of rock outcroppings, some of which are quite large. The shrub layer is fairly dense and Ostrya virginiana and Carya cordiformis are important. The duff layer is deep and the herb cover is low. The outcroppings have rock tripe as well as other mosses and lichens.