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
90
%
Shrub Cover
30
%
Field Cover
30
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot on a steep limestone slope above the James River floodplain. Vegetation is early successional forest on land formally cleared/grazed. Many exotic plant species in plot attest to the former disturbance. Plot represents the first report of the exotic Lonicera standishii in Virginia. Measured trees (dbh in cm.): Paulownia tomentosa (41.4), Aesculus flava (21), Morus rubra (26.5).