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
75
%
Shrub Cover
3
%
Field Cover
15
%
Nonvascular Cover
0
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Young forest with pine mortality - almost all Virginia pine are gone and replaced by tulip poplar, ash, oak, and maple.
Plot location was pre-selected by the project's stratified random sampling design.
Directions to plot and tree tag: Look for rock outcrop with chestnut oak - take bearing of 195 degrees for 40m to marker. Big rock pile ~50m to NE of marker at bearing 20 degrees from marker to rocks. Tagged tree is an Acer rubrum of 29 cm dbh with tag # 421. Conduit is at a bearing of 11 (true north) degrees and 3 m from tree.
Canopy height was not recorded in the field, but is less than 35m and greater than 20 m