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
29
m
Shrub Height
4
m
Field Height
1
m
Tree Cover
80
%
Shrub Cover
4
%
Field Cover
10
%
Nonvascular Cover
0.5
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Upland depression swamp, located in an old pasture and disturbed by livestock grazing in the past. Very sparse herbs over most of plot (dense in wettest area). Geologic substrate is siltstone.