Intensive 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
1000
m²
Plot Quality Fields:
Plot Validation Level
(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
Tree Cover
70
%
Shrub Cover
10
%
Field Cover
10
%
Nonvascular Cover
1
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot captures another small patch of diverse, open vegetation on the crest of Grassy Hill. In contrast to that sampled in plot GRAS001P, this stand exhibits a true forest physiognomy, with a taller and fuller canopy and larger individuals of the overstory dominants, Carya glabra and Quercus alba. Broad crowns nevertheless suggest erstwhile more open conditions, and understory is even more open than that of the stand to the west. Dendrochronological investigation is warranted. Species composition is characteristically heterogeneous within plot. Sampling abruptly terminated by heavy rain, which precluded measurement of soil depth and topographic indices.