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
1000
m²
Plot Quality Fields:
Plot Validation Level
(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
Tree Cover
50
%
Shrub Cover
50
%
Field Cover
90
%
Nonvascular Cover
1
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot is located on a dry, frequently burned upland convexity. Vegetation is an open canopy woodland with a shrub layer consisting largely tree sprouts burned back by annual or more frequent burning. This community may resemble or approximate pre-settlement woodlands in areas subject to short fire return intervals.
Low hillside 0.25 mi SSE of fire positions at Range 8A, Quantico Marine Base Impact Area.