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
70
%
Shrub Cover
30
%
Field Cover
30
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot describes the vegetation of a steep, talus like lower slope. Many of the trees are leaning due to the unstable colluvium. Sprouts Run lies immediately below this slope and alluvial and colluvial processes no doubt maintain slope steepness. The presence of walking fern on the moss covered boulders indicates basic conditions. Several other nutrient demanding plants are present. A short distance downstream of the plot, carbonate bedrock exists.