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
100
m²
Plot Quality Fields:
Plot Validation Level
(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
Field Height
5
m
Field Cover
80
%
Nonvascular Cover
15
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot documents the herbaceous vegetation of a slightly elevated sand bar/bank at upper edge of channel shelf. A low rock outcrop is also present in the plot. Coarse, tall, perennial herbs predominate, but the vegetation is fairly diverse and highly stratified. Exotics are more or less rampant in this habitat. Soil samples collected from the plot have high pH, calcium, and total base saturation levels.