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
50
%
Field Cover
90
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot on bouldery, south facing, high elevation, upper slope. The nearby Paronychia outcrop had the following species: Paronychia argyrocoma, Saxifraga michauxii, Sedum telephioides, Carex debilis, C. aestivalis, Campanula divaricata, Vaccinium, angustifolium, Aronia cf. melanocarpa and much Umbellicaria lichen.
Plot located ca. 200 m downslope and south of westernmost radio tower on Rocky Mountain (ca. 40 m SE of large rock supporting Paronychia argyrocoma).
Measured trees in plot (dbh in cm.): Quercus rubra (45.9), Carya ovata (34.4).