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
70
%
Shrub Cover
15
%
Field Cover
90
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot documents fairly typical forest vegetation of large alluvial floodplains in the central and northern piedmont and mountains of Virginia. Acer saccharinum, Acer negundo and Lindera benzoin are the clear woody dominants, with Elymus virginicus var. virginicus and Laportea canadensis dominating the late spring/early summer herbaceous aspect.
Plot located in alluvial floodplain along south bank of the Hardware River, 0.2 mi northwest of its confluence with the James River.