Intensive 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
24
m
Field Height
5
m
Tree Cover
70
%
Shrub Cover
20
%
Field Cover
20
%
Nonvascular Cover
3
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Extraordinarily diverse but otherwise pedestrian second- or third-growth forest. Numerous stumps, at least one of which appears to be Castanea, indicate past logging. Carya snag present in module 5; another, very old and large half snag present in module 3. Scattered large trees suggest that stand may have been thinned 20-30 yr ago.
From flagged Quercus rubra boundary tree: 9 m @ 302 deg to stake A.