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
30
%
Field Cover
70
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot location is a steep, SW facing hillside with abundant outcrops of Shady dolomite above Cove Branch, 0.1 mi SW of Raven Cliff Horse Camp. The forest at this location approaches a woodland physiognomy somewhat atypical for the slope as a whole. Despite somewhat dry and rocky substrates, the floristic richness and diversity of the stand are impressive, a condition noted frequently in other dry-mesic limestone or dolomite forests in southwest Virginia.