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
Stem Observation Area
400
m²
Plot Quality Fields:
Plot Validation Level
(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
Tree Height
32
m
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
See plot form for plot configuration.
Plot is in a small patch of forest in Jones Point Park. Area is dominated by Fraxinus near river and represents a Fraxinus/Acer negundo swamp forest. Site grades up to a levee dominated by Acer saccharinum (overhangs plot). Area is less disturbed by exotics than most areas along the Parkway. Along river is small dep bar community and plot is slightly lower and inland of bar.