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
15
%
Field Cover
90
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot located in a mesic ravine of highly dissected terrain bordering the Roanoke River (now upper Kerr Reservoir). Located in the same ravine as Plot #3 from this site, but with a different slope/aspect and somewhat different composition. Basic substrate are reflected by the abundance of Cimicifuga racemosa and the presence of spp. such as Adiantum pedatum, Asimina triloba, Cercis canadensis, Desmodium pauciflorum and Juglans nigra. A Quercus alba of 97 cm. dbh is located just outside the plot boundary (significant cover from this tree is in the plot).