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:
Field Height
1
m
Tree Cover
30
%
Shrub Cover
15
%
Field Cover
70
%
Nonvascular Cover
30
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
This slope is situated on ultramafic rock rich in talc. Resulting soils are evidently rich in magnesium, possibly to the extent that these soils resemble serpentine soils. Plants typical of wetland habitats (e.g., Sanguisorba canadensis, Cirsium muticum, Zigadenus leimanthoides) grow here on mesic to dry-mesic soil habitats. Asplenium rhizophyllum located on outcrop outside the plot.
Plot situated ca. 15 m upslope from large spring.