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 Cover
50
%
Shrub Cover
7
%
Field Cover
50
%
Nonvascular Cover
50
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
A very wet, sluggish, high elevation stream bottom. A swampy channel supporting only herbaceous species runs down the middle of the plot, with Picea rubens- Acer rubrum- Betula allegheniensis- Tsuga canadensis forest rooted in slightly higher and firmer ground along the sides.
Plot located at headwaters of Newman Run, ca. 80 m east of FR 106 at the west end of Henry Ridge.