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
Plot Quality Fields:
Plot Validation Level
(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
Tree Cover
50
%
Shrub Cover
50
%
Field Cover
90
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Habitat supports a small (ca. one acre) but significant example of a rather open canopy, acidic seepage wetland. Plot is located along a narrow feeder seep, where Trientalis borealis occurs at its lowest elevation in Virginia. The co-occurrence of this species with Toxicodendron vernix, a rarity in the mountainous portions of the state, is a notable floristic feature of the community.
Trees measured in plot (dbh in cm): Liriodendron tulipifera (57,56), Nyssa sylvatica (39), Acer rubrum (20).