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
85
%
Shrub Cover
50
%
Field Cover
80
%
Nonvascular Cover
10
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Directions to plot and tree tag:
Tagged tree is a Liriodendron tulipifera of 106 cm dbh with tag # 442. Conduit is at a bearing of 323 degrees and 4.5 m from tree.
Plot location selected in the field by DNH Ecologist targeting a forested wetland.
Shrubby bottomland with sparse exotics. Structurally diverse.
Canopy height was not measured, but is >20<35 m. Percentage cover by stratum was not measured , actual percentages and cover classes for database entry was determined by examining cover classes for individual species.