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
70
%
Shrub Cover
30
%
Field Cover
70
%
Nonvascular Cover
3
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
A rather rich northern hardwood forest. The overwhelming canopy dominant is Acer saccharum var. saccharum, phenomenal reproduction of which is present in all lower strata.
Plot located on north slope of Whitetop Mountain, just downslope of the Elk Garden Horse Trail at a point just east of a hairpin turn, 0.5 mi northwest of Elk Garden.