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
200
m²
Plot Quality Fields:
Plot Validation Level
(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
Tree Height
32
m
Shrub Height
4
m
Field Height
1
m
Tree Cover
65
%
Shrub Cover
12
%
Field Cover
7
%
Nonvascular Cover
65
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot located in concavity in boulderfield above Black Pond. Large trees are present over the entire area, although there are many windthrows in the shallow, unstable substrate. Several Tilia trees in the plot are leaning heavily from wind damage. The herbaceous flora of this plot is seasonally variable, with significantly greater cover (especially of Impatiens pallida and Pilea pumila) late in the season.