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
31
m
Shrub Height
2
m
Field Height
5
m
Tree Cover
95
%
Shrub Cover
30
%
Field Cover
5
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Slope over Boatswain Creek with large old trees. Mostly Fagus grandifolia and Quercus alba with Ilex opaca. Very little herb cover.
Grades into swamp/floodplain forest with Liriodendron tulipifera with Clethra, Thelypteris noveboracensis, Polystichum acrostichoides, Magnolia virginiana, and possibly Quercus michauxii and Quercus shumardii x velutina.