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:
Shrub Height
5
m
Field Height
1
m
Tree Cover
90
%
Shrub Cover
70
%
Field Cover
60
%
Nonvascular Cover
1
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Tagged tree is a Quercus rubra of 103cm dbh with tag # 179 on SE side. Conduit is at a bearing of 110 degrees and 8m from tree.
Directions to tagged tree: Tag tree is on N side of a large (4m across) boulder. Use GPS to get to site. At end of Tom's Rd. We got permission to cross the land of Henry A. Stanley, from Mrs. Frances Burton, his mother.
Plot location was pre-selected by the project's stratified random sampling design.
Time taken to walk to plot: 1 hour.
Concave seepage stream on N extreme of 20x50 on S side of hectare is ridge with large boulders.