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 Cover
90
%
Shrub Cover
50
%
Field Cover
70
%
Nonvascular Cover
10
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
The plot is centered on a small, abandoned meander channel of Nicholson Run. Much of the habitat is saturated by groundwater seepage, but a number of typical upland mesophytes are established on hummocks, a slightly elevated stream terrace and an adjacent toe slopes. Because of this microhabitat diversity, the plot has notably high species richness (n=84).
Eastern slope of the Blue Ridge near Whites Gap. Plot located on stream bottom along Nicholson Run, 0.3 mi north of its confluence with Lady Slipper Run and just west of FR 76 (Jordan Road).