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:
Field Height
5
m
Shrub Cover
40
%
Field Cover
80
%
Nonvascular Cover
15
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
The spine of Brushy Mountain supports an extensive stand of pine-oak/heath woodland. Plot located in an open phase which permitted rapid sampling dictated by limited time. Prevailing physiognomy is best considered woodland, but vegetation of the plot is truly a shrubland with a sparse, stunted tree layer. Such open patches are more prevalent along the ridge to the NNE, across the state line into West Virginia, where some contain dense swards of Carex polymorpha. Plot located within perhaps 50 m of road which climbs east side of Brushy Mountain. Time and extremely shallow soil precluded the collection of a soil sample.
