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
23
m
Shrub Height
6
m
Field Height
5
m
Tree Cover
90
%
Shrub Cover
30
%
Field Cover
70
%
Nonvascular Cover
1
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot location: Upland flat < 0.2 km SW of Route 613, 0.6 km NW of Route 689.
Plot located on a very dry, oligotrophic, broad ridge crest. A somewhat variable stand co-dominated by Quercus montana and Q. alba but also containing some Q. coccinea covers the ridge. Deciduous ericads form large patches in the shrub and herb layers. Vaccinium pallidum is the dominant ericad in the area of the plot; Gaylussacia bacata (absent in plot) is prevalent in other areas of the site. Very abundant recruitment of Q. montana in the subcanopy, shrub, and herb layers suggests that this species will maintain dominance well into the future, barring catastrophic disturbances.
