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
5
%
Nonvascular Cover
3
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
A Tsuga canadensis and Rhododendron maximum dominated acidic cove forest, with dominant canopy trees about 33 meters tall, on a WSW facing ravine slope bordering Big Branch, ca. 75 m south of Rt. 600 on lower north slope of Whitetop Mountain. The plot is near the upper elevation limits of Liriodendron tulipifera. No sign of hemlock adelgid here.