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
25
m
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot location: near crest of narrow ridge between ravines, 0.85miles SSW of eastern jct US15 and Rt 858.
The site is a dry, NW-facing upper slope with locally sheet-eroded areas and diverse oak-hickory forest vegetation. Cornus florida, formerly a major understory tree, has been essentially extirpated from this site by dogwood anthracnose.