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
36
m
Shrub Height
6
m
Field Height
7
m
Tree Cover
90
%
Shrub Cover
65
%
Field Cover
45
%
Nonvascular Cover
0.5
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
This plot is located only 220 meters south of PNWM001, but encompasses a more mesic site with better soils on the slope of a small ravine head. The vegetation here is a mixed oak - tulip-poplar - hickory forest with flowering dogwood understory, sparse heaths, and a well-developed herb layer. There is little recruitment of any current overstory tree except Carya ovalis.