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
35
m
Shrub Height
6
m
Field Height
5
m
Tree Cover
70
%
Shrub Cover
35
%
Field Cover
15
%
Nonvascular Cover
5
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Directions to plot and tree tag:
Discretionary plot (selected in the field by DNH Ecologist). Tagged tree is a Liriodendron tulipifera of 72 cm dbh with tag # 418. Conduit is at a bearing of 200 degrees and 0.5 m from tree.
Cove with many cobbles and boulders. Dominated by mainly large Liriodendron tulipifera, Quercus rubra and Quercus prinus.
Canopy height was not measured, but is greater than 35 m. Percent cover by strata was not noted in the field, but was estimated for database from individual species cover classes.