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
18
m
Shrub Height
3
m
Field Height
5
m
Tree Cover
50
%
Shrub Cover
60
%
Field Cover
80
%
Nonvascular Cover
2
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
This is a Quercus rubra - Carya ovata forest with a dense and diverse understory. There are large canopy gaps caused by disturbance (wind, ice?). The Quercus rubra are large (»50cm dbh) and the Carya ovata are in the subcanopy.
Plot location was pre-selected by the project's stratified random sampling design.
Directions to plot and tree tag: Park at Greenstone Picnic area and walk shortcut to AT. Walk on AT over the first hump of Humpback Mountain, cut off the AT when in the saddle of Humpback Mountain. Walk NW downslope about 300m.Tagged tree is a Quercus rubra of 53 cm dbh with tag #313. Conduit is at a bearing of 118 degrees and 7.4 m from tree.