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
Plot Quality Fields:
Plot Validation Level
(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
Tree Cover
40
%
Shrub Cover
35
%
Field Cover
90
%
Nonvascular Cover
1
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot in a remnant of what once was an excellent turkey oak barrens. Soils are seasonally wet, much like those prevalent at Blackwater Ecological Preserve. The disturbed sandy soil along the railroad supports plants such as Verbascum thapsus, Lupinus perennis, Opuntia humifusa, Lespedeza hirta, Andropogon virginicus and Euphorbia ipecacuanhae.
Plot located north of Norfolk and Western railroad, east of Rt. 614 near Zuni.