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
20
m
Tree Cover
90
%
Shrub Cover
10
%
Field Cover
70
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
The plot is situated on a steep, north-facing, high-elevation slope, ca. 90 m north of High Knob summit and lookout tower. Vegetation here is a post-logging northern hardwood forest; Prunus serotina var. serotina, Betula lenta and other early-successional trees are characteristic of the overstory, along with Acer saccharum var. saccharum, which is also abundant in the understory. Large clones of Dennstaedtia punctilobula and Athyrium filix-femina var. asplenioides dominate the herb layer.