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
100
m²
Plot Quality Fields:
Plot Validation Level
(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
Tree Height
8
m
Shrub Height
6
m
Field Height
1
m
Tree Cover
10
%
Shrub Cover
70
%
Field Cover
8
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Elevated sand deposits over boulders just above channel shelf of the Rappahannock River. Dense shrub thickets - Ilex decidua, Carpinus caroliniana, and Hypericum prolificum - are characteristic throughout this habitat.