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
Stem Observation Area
1200
m²
Plot Quality Fields:
Plot Validation Level
(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
Tree Cover
90
%
Shrub Cover
70
%
Field Cover
15
%
Nonvascular Cover
20
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Habitat supports an acidic cove forest with a relatively high diversity of woody species. To captured the latter, data were collected from a 0.1 ha plot with a 1200 sq. m. supersample of tree stems (sketch on hard copy plot form). A 200 sq. m. subsample was taken for stems of the dominant shrub Rhododendron maximum.
Plot located ca. 0.1 mi east of Grindstone Campground on toe slope along the headwaters of Big Laurel Creek.
