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
2
m
Tree Cover
50
%
Shrub Cover
8
%
Field Cover
90
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot situated in a young hickory forest/woodland at the crest of a granitic ridge, ca. 50 m west of Appalachian Trail atop Tar Jacket Ridge. Soils are dark and loamy and apparently very fertile. Dominant forbs are up to 2 m tall.
Measured trees in plot (dbh in cm.): Carya ovata (34.9).