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 Cover
60
%
Shrub Cover
40
%
Field Cover
60
%
Nonvascular Cover
3
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Quercus montana stand with scattered Pinus pungens. Vaccinium angustifolium is an important component of the low heath layer. Thunderstorm hastened completion of plot sampling.
Plot location was pre-selected by the project's stratified random sampling design.
Directions to plot and tree tag:
From 20-minute cliff overlook, head NE on Parkway approx. 210m. Tag tree is on a talus slope adjacent to the road. Tag can be seen from road. Tagged tree is a Betula lenta of ~25 cm dbh with tag #312. Conduit is at a bearing of 40 degrees and 2 m from tree.