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
19
m
Shrub Height
6
m
Field Height
5
m
Tree Cover
85
%
Shrub Cover
60
%
Field Cover
10
%
Nonvascular Cover
0
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Directions to plot and tree tag:
Tree is bent at about 4 meters and leans over the slope at that point it is between a couple of 3x3x4 ft rectangular rocks. Tagged tree is a Quercus prinus of 42 cm dbh with tag #334. Conduit is at a bearing of 205 degrees and 12 m from tree.
Plot location was selected in the field by DNH Ecologist.
Slope nearing cove of young 40-year-old pine and oak. Sparse small shrubs and herb. Site rocky.
Canopy height not recorded in the field but is less than 20 m. Stratum cover was not recorded in the field but estimated for database based on species cover classes.