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
50
%
Shrub Cover
70
%
Field Cover
50
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot on a steep, south facing slope. Soils are derived from shaly colluvium. Two noteworthy, rarely seen plants occur in the plot, Hexalectris spicata and Onosmodium virginianum. Pinus echinata is more or less restricted to lower elevation slopes, and sites such as this in the Blue Ridge. Measured trees (dbh in cm.): Quercus montana (36.9), Quercus alba (56.6).