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
400
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
70
%
Nonvascular Cover
80
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot located in a nice, all age red spruce forest with tall, well formed canopy trees. There is little evidence of spruce decline or mortality in this stand, and prolific spruce reproduction is characteristic of the shrub and herbaceous layers.
Plot located on upper southeastern slope of Whitetop Mountain, ca. 0.1 mi ENE of a sharp bend in Forest Service road from Rt. 600 to summit and downslope from abandoned route of the Appalachian Trail, 0.25 mi SSE of the summit.