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
90
%
Shrub Cover
15
%
Field Cover
15
%
Nonvascular Cover
5
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot located along bottom and both slopes of tributary of McAfee Creek, ca. 100 m downstream from Dragon's Tooth Trail and just above Hairpin Bend. Habitat is a small, rocky mountain ravine cut through an acidic shale formation. Collinsonia canadensis, a mesophytic indicator, is presently only in very small numbers and is confined to the streambank, where local colluvium produces higher trophic regime. Measured trees (dbh in cm.): Liriodendron tulipifera (33, 32, 21), Tsuga canadensis (44, 37, 35, 32, 26, 24, 23), Acer rubrum (41, 37, 31, 27), Carya glabra (32), Quercus montana (43).