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
32
m
Shrub Height
3
m
Field Height
5
m
Tree Cover
70
%
Shrub Cover
1
%
Field Cover
70
%
Nonvascular Cover
0.5
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Very open silver maple forest on frequently flooded, first bottom accreting sand bar. The herbaceous flora is strictly late-season and was poorly developed in June, when the plot was intitially sampled. This plot is more realistically classified as a "wooded herbaceous" depositional bar, rather than as a floodplain forest.