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
30
m
Shrub Height
6
m
Field Height
5
m
Tree Cover
85
%
Shrub Cover
75
%
Field Cover
75
%
Nonvascular Cover
1
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Directions to plot and tree tag:
Go to Cannaday Gap in the Smart View recreation area. On NE side of gap go to Rhododendron maximum patch. Downslope form this patch find game trail going NE, downslope and along the contour. Find tagged tree to R-upslope. Tagged tree is a Quercus rubra of 120 cm dbh with tag # 487. Conduit is at a bearing of 320 degrees and 9 m from tree.
Plot location selected in the field by DNH Ecologist.
Steep mesic slope with large Quercus rubra and Magnolia fraseri. Tilia is also abundant in canopy. Soil is loose and rocky. Many deer trails on slope. Herb layer is overwhelmingly Symphyotrichum divaricatum (Aster divaricatus) with local dominance by ferns.