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
25
m
Shrub Height
6
m
Field Height
1
m
Tree Cover
85
%
Shrub Cover
10
%
Field Cover
45
%
Nonvascular Cover
0.5
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Directions to plot and tree tag:
Plot is between [living?] farm and small cliff. Follow intermittent seepy stream to the cliff top. Plot is on the north side of stream before cliff. Tagged tree is a Fraxinus americana of ~70 cm dbh with tag #305. Conduit is at a bearing of 310 degrees and 3 m from tree.
Plot location was selected in the field by DNH Ecologist.
This flat area exists about 100m away from a greenstone "cliff". It is flat here. A fair number of large red oaks, a large Fraxinus americana. Some rock outcroppings here and there. Corner of plot includes seepage swamp ( taxa in seep marked with * on plotform). Rock piles and Symphoricarpos suggest past human settlement - stand may have been grazed.