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
Stem Observation Area
1000
m²
Plot Quality Fields:
Plot Validation Level
(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
Tree Height
32
m
Shrub Height
6
m
Field Height
5
m
Tree Cover
85
%
Shrub Cover
30
%
Field Cover
10
%
Nonvascular Cover
0
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Directions to plot and tree tag:
Take fire road from cabin entrance to trailhead and first footbridge. Take trail toward Rocky Knob. About 0.3mi - trail crosses through a boulderfield. On east side of boulderfield. When trail begins to descend - find a ~25cm shaggy hickory. Go downslope SE ~60m to a flagged tagged tree. Tagged tree is a Magnolia acuminata of 66 cm dbh with tag # 436. Conduit is at a bearing of 112 degrees and 15 m from tree.
Plot location selected by Ecologists in the field, targeting rich coves of the southern Blue Ridge.
Rocky slope adjacent to boulderfield. Canopy is a mix of species - Quercus rubra, Carya ovalis, Liriodendron tulipifera. Shrub layer is open with Ostrya virginiana and Acer saccharum var. saccharum as tall shrub/subcanopy. Herbs are moderately dense with no single species dominant. Solidago flexicaulis, Geranium maculatum, Medeola virginiana, Amphicarpaea bracteata are common. Area was cut in past - Liriodendron as coppice regeneration. Ginseng noted.