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
28
m
Shrub Height
6
m
Field Height
75
m
Tree Cover
85
%
Shrub Cover
50
%
Field Cover
50
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Directions to plot and tree tag:
Form 758, take 609 ~2.1mi. just past red barn mailbox. Enter at NPS boundary. Go ~60m N to head of ravine. Look for pink flagged witness tree on left (W) side of ravine. Conduit is also flagged. Tagged tree is a Liriodendron tulipifera of 90 cm dbh with tag # 492. Conduit is at a bearing of 16 degrees and 12 m from tree.
Plot location selected in the field by DNH Ecologist.
Ravine head with canopy. Dominated by Quercus rubra, Betula lenta, Magnolia acuminata. Open shrub layer, herb cover moderately dense dominated by fern clumps and Viola - ravine surrounded by clumps of Rhododendron maximum. Adjacent steep part of ridge is Rhododendron catawbiense / Rhododendron maximum with Quercus prinus. Seep just below plot. Head of ravine - slope on either side.