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
26
m
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot location: slope of W side of Wilcox Lake, ca. 0.4 miles ESE of the dam.
The oak/heath forest vegetations of this gentle, sandy-gravelly slope is similar to that of plot LEMP001, but contains additional species, including several herbaceous xerophytes. Gaylussacia baccata, rather than G. frondosa, is the dominant ericad.