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
70
%
Field Cover
90
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot is representative of rich, mixed hardwood vegetation occupying a high floodplain terrace and toeslope along the James River. Soil fertility is evidently high and appears to be largely derived from nutrient rich alluvial deposits. This occurrence of Aesculus flava and Magnolia is noteworthy; Aesculus flava is at or near its eastern limits in this part of the state.
Plot located on inner floodplain terrace / toe slope along James River at west end of a cove-like indentation in steep bluffs, 0.40 km east of the mouth of the Tye River.