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
30
%
Shrub Cover
70
%
Field Cover
90
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Conditions along the crest of this broad, west to north trending spur appear to be extremely oligotrophic and quite dry. Trees of scrubby growth form create an interrupted canopy over thick shrubs. Evergreens such as Gaultheria, Galax, Kalmia latifolia, Xerophyllum and Lycopodium tristachyum prevail. Coppice growth of oaks and charcoal indicate past fire. Dead Pinus rigida in 6-10 m layer. Measured trees (dbh in cm.): Quercus coccinea (16), Q. montana (16.3).