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
22
m
Shrub Height
6
m
Field Height
25
m
Tree Cover
90
%
Shrub Cover
30
%
Field Cover
25
%
Nonvascular Cover
0
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Directions to plot and tree tag:
Hike S on trail from Saddle Overlook, across rocky knob to 2nd high point. Begin to descend slope on trail. Find a cut, hollow white oak stump on R side of trial. Conduit is N, 50 degrees. Tagged tree is flagged pink. Alternate directions: park approximately 0.2 mi. S of Saddle Overlook. Go SE upslope, approximately 130m, crossing trail. Stand is just below the peak just SW of Rocky Knob. White oak with top blown off. Conduit near standing snag. Tagged tree is a Quercus alba of 43 cm dbh with tag # 167. Conduit is at a bearing of 100 degrees and 2.5 m from tree.
Plot location was selected in the field by DNH Ecologists, targeting the general area of Rocky Knob.
Montane oak - hickory near ridgecrest. Stunted canopy. Rocky surface. Downslope the same but with Ilex montana. Open shrub layer. Herb layer with graminoid patch dominants.