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 Height
30
m
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot location: ravine 0.35 miles South of Hyco River bridge on US 58.
This lower ravine slope has fertile soils weathered from mafic metavolcanic rocks. Samples collected here have exceptionally high Mn levels (586 ppm). The forest vegetation has a mixed overstory of Acer barbatum, Carya spp., Liriodendron tulipifera, and Quercus spp. Understory strata contain massive Acer barbatum reproduction, as well as > 50% cover of Ostrya virginiana. This stand is rather young and probably regenerated after logging several decades ago.