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
37
m
Shrub Height
6
m
Field Height
5
m
Tree Cover
80
%
Shrub Cover
15
%
Field Cover
12
%
Nonvascular Cover
2
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Directions to plot and tree tag:
Park at overlook on S side of Roanoke River. Go down informal trail on S side of parking lot at end of wooden fence. At NW-running ravine go straight down toward creek. You will hit another trail. On right side of ravine is a large Fagus with pink flagging, #433. Tagged tree is a Fagus grandifolia of 67 cm dbh with tag # 433. Conduit is at a bearing of 280 degrees and 2.5 m from tree.
Plot location was selected in the field by DNH Ecologists, targeting acidic cove forests.
Acidic cove on ravine slope of tributary running into Roanoke River. Canopy mostly beech and Liriodendron with hemlock. Hemlock is sick but still with many living stems - some standing dead. Large diameter beech trees.