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
33
m
Shrub Height
6
m
Field Height
75
m
Tree Cover
90
%
Shrub Cover
50
%
Field Cover
60
%
Nonvascular Cover
3
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Directions to plot and tree tag:
0.2-0.3mi. S from Tye River Gap Bridge. Bouldery slope on left side of road. Go to right side of slope where boulders are absent. Find a few dead hemlocks 15m from road, 180o, 20m upslope is witness tree with pink flag and tree tag. Pink flagging. Tagged tree is a Quercus rubra of 63 cm dbh with tag #429. Conduit is at a bearing of 240 degrees and 17 m from tree.
Plot location was selected in the field by DNH Ecologists
Rocky sugar maple slope. Almost exclusively Acer saccharum var. saccharum, with a few Tilia, Quercus rubra. Open tall shrub stratum, herb cover dominated by tall forbs. East portion of plot is bouldery.