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
100
m²
Plot Quality Fields:
Plot Validation Level
(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
Shrub Cover
70
%
Field Cover
50
%
Nonvascular Cover
4
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Shrubland vegetation occurring around rock outcrops at lower elevation edge of Whitetop Mountain bald. Plot located on western slope of Whitetop Mountain, ca. 120 m south of Buzzard Rock in open to shrubby bald.