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
70
%
Shrub Cover
30
%
Field Cover
70
%
Nonvascular Cover
1
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
A dry, weakly mesotrophic Quercus alba-dominated mixed oak and hickory forest common in shale country (all formations) on broader sublevel ridge crests and more convex and/or sloping ridge crests with easterly aspects, though in these latter, submesotrophic indicator herbs tend to be more abundant and heaths less prevalent. There is evidence of recent logging, but the older trees in the area are 150+ years old, though of small size for that age. Thus, this is an old age forest.
Plot located 1.9 km WSW of Blue Spring Run on saddle of shale ridge.