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
400
m²
Plot Quality Fields:
Plot Validation Level
(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
Tree Height
34
m
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot location: 0.5 miles W of Chippokes Plantation, on slope above confluence of College Run and first tributary S of James River.
Field estimate from topo: (UTME): 346079 (UTMN): 4111902.
A fairly mature, mesophytic hardwood forest occupying a sheltered, fertile ravine slope. Based on increment cores, large-diameter Liriodendron tulipifera (> 75 cm DBH) at this site are approximately 150 years old. Fagus grandifolia and Quercus rubra (outside plot) of comparable size are also present. Noteworthy calciphiles occurring here are Scutellaria ovata and Nemophila aphylla.