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
1
m
Tree Cover
90
%
Shrub Cover
30
%
Field Cover
55
%
Nonvascular Cover
0.5
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Directions to plot and tree tag:
Take gated fire road from Cabin entrance. Down road ~50m to where road goes through Rhododendron, find tagged tree at 15 degrees, 40m. 40m upslope to flagged tagged tree. Tagged tree is a Quercus rubra of 80 cm dbh with tag # 495. Conduit is at a bearing of 110 degrees and 7 m from tree.
Plot location was selected in the field buy DNH Ecologists, targeting oak-hickory forests in the southern blue ridge
Montane oak - hickory dominated by Quercus rubra with Carya ovalis. Subcanopy primarily Betula lenta, Acer rubrum. Species characteristic of southern Blue Ridge. - Rhododendron maximum, Rhododendron calendulaceum, Magnolia fraseri, Vaccinium erythrocarpum. Patches of evergreen shrubs (Kalmia, Rhodo. max.). Dense herb cover.