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
50
%
Shrub Cover
30
%
Field Cover
70
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot located in stand of large Acer saccharum, ca. 40 m west of "Blue Trail" in a gentle, boulder-strewn hollow. Some seasonal flooding takes place in this bouldery hollow, as evidenced by water sorted deposits of leaves. The canopy is quite open as a result of ice damage to the limbs of sugar maples.
Measured tree in plot (dbh in cm.): Acer saccharum (82).