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
Tree Cover
70
%
Field Cover
20
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
This site is a raised band of soil/topography between to low areas. The area has several groves of Ilex opaca with many trees > 40 cm dbh. The understory is almost always depauperate.
Note: Cover of Ilex opaca was not recorded for strata < 20 m, so total cover values for lower strata are undoubtedly underestimated.