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
15
%
Shrub Cover
30
%
Field Cover
90
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
The vegetation in this plot is characteristic of the more natural, fire influenced communities in which Rhus michauxii thrives in Virginia. The habitat is rather xeric, very open, savanna like woodland in which Schizachyrium scoparium (little bluestem) dominates the herbaceous layer. Floristic diversity is rather impressive for such a habitat, although the dense sods of little bluestem limit the number of individuals of other herbaceous species.