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
Shrub Height
6
m
Field Height
2
m
Tree Cover
100
%
Shrub Cover
70
%
Field Cover
80
%
Nonvascular Cover
0.5
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Narrow floodplain zone, just above silver maple/ frequent flooded zone. Abrupt slope on opposite side of plot. Vegetation is a mixed forest of Platanus occidentalis, Populus deltoides, Acer negundo, Ulmus americana, and Fraxinus pennsylvanica, with a very dense Asimina triloba shrub layer. Mertensia virginica overwhelmingly dominates the herb layer in its vernal aspect.