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
38
m
Shrub Height
4
m
Field Height
2
m
Tree Cover
95
%
Shrub Cover
35
%
Field Cover
25
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Directions to Plot: From parking area off rt. 20 take Gordon Flank Attack trail to stop number 6. Stand is NW from this point between a building with parking lot and a residential area.
Sample is adjacent to civil war trench. Large trees are mostly White Oak with scattered Hickory and Tulip Poplar. Some of the mesic indicators are Tulip Poplar, Desmodium nudicaulis, Uvularia perfoliata, Viburnum acerifolium. Forest shows little recruitment of Oak and high frequency of Red Maple. Orwig and Abrams (1995) aged this stand (W8) at 115 yrs +- 6 with trees ranging from 68 - 261 yrs. This stand is more mesic than forest on higher slopes and crests which are White Oak - Scarlet Oak / Mountain Laurel and heavy heath.