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
34
m
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot location: ravine 0.9 miles SSE of eastern jct US15 and Rt 858.
The plot is located on a lower ravine slope and documents a maturing mesophytic forest with mixed overstory of Fagus grandifolia and Liriodendron tulipifera. Overstory associates outside the plot include Quercus rubra, Acer barbatum, and Carya glabra. This stand has a very open understory, with most cover contributed by saplings of the canopy species, Oxydendrum arboreum, and Ostrya virginianum. The herb layer is sparse but fairly diverse. Past logging on this tract took place before 1949.