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
30
%
Shrub Cover
30
%
Field Cover
70
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot on a somewhat bouldery upper slope gentle cove, ca. 75 m downslope of stone wall on the Appalachian Trail, amid large Quercus rubra on Tar Jacket Ridge. Toward the base of the cove, Laportea is much more dominant.
Measured tree in plot (dbh in cm.): Quercus rubra (93.5).