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
36
m
Shrub Height
6
m
Field Height
5
m
Tree Cover
95
%
Shrub Cover
55
%
Field Cover
8
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Mesic mixed hardwoods with unusually high Ilex opaca cover for this area. Very poor soils are apparently unfavorable for exotics. Herbaceous cover and vigor are abnormally low due to exceedingly high levels of herbivory by white-tailed deer.