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:
Field Height
1
m
Tree Cover
50
%
Shrub Cover
50
%
Field Cover
70
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
A large pit and mound in plot. Trees exhibit a continuum of height categories, making visual estimates of stratal cover difficult and somewhat imprecise. Vegetation consists of a dense forb dominated herbaceous layer. Soils are deep, dark, loamy and evidently quite fertile. A large number of mesotrophic indicators are present (Adiantum pedatum, Aristolochia macrophylla, Botrychium virginianum, Cimicifuga racemosa, Collinsonia canadensis, Geranium maculatum, Campanula americana, Osmorhiza claytonii, O. longistylis, Thalictrum dioicum, etc.).