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:
Shrub Height
6
m
Field Height
1
m
Shrub Cover
75
%
Field Cover
90
%
Nonvascular Cover
30
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
A wooded high elevation talus/outcrop slope with a steep, NW aspect, ca. 100 m below Buzzard Rock. Combined environmental stresses, primarily exposure to severe winter winds and ice, produce an unusual dwarfed northern hardwood stand (classified as scrub), under which grows attractive rock gardens" of mosses, lichens, ferns and flowering herbs.