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 Cover
25
%
Shrub Cover
15
%
Field Cover
10
%
Nonvascular Cover
10
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
One of the northernmost occurrences of a natural "sandhill"-type woodland in Virginia, here developed on a high sand and gravel terrace 30 ft above the Mattaponi River. Despite some past selective cutting, the occurrence is relatively undisturbed.
Trees measured in plot (dbh in cm): Quercus falcata (25, 18), Quercus marilandica (18), Liquidambar styraciflua (18), Carya pallida (13).
Plot located just west of river, ca. 0.1 mi northwest of Rt. 647 bridge.