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
Stem Observation Area
1000
m²
Plot Quality Fields:
Plot Validation Level
(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
Tree Height
27
m
Shrub Height
6
m
Field Height
5
m
Tree Cover
90
%
Shrub Cover
40
%
Field Cover
80
%
Nonvascular Cover
0.5
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Ridgetop rich oak-hickory on greenstone. Mostly Carya ovalis and ovata in canopy. Castanea debris, dogwood anthracnose in 1.0ha. Grades upslope into drier red oak forest.
Plot location was selected in the field by DNH Ecologists.
Directions to plot and tree tag: From Dripping Rock parking area, go N on Parkway 0.25mi.. At beginning of cement drain, go from road 130o, 70m to witness tree. Tagged tree is a Quercus alba of 58 cm dbh with tag # 435. Conduit is at a bearing of 280 degrees and 4 m from tree.