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
Plot Quality Fields:
Plot Validation Level
(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
Field Height
1
m
Shrub Cover
50
%
Field Cover
50
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
These soils are remarkably friable, especially when composed with the clayey, hard soils present at VMI cliff farther downstream. The unusual occurrence of Packera paupercula at VMI cliff may be a function of the hard, clayey soils there. The nutrient status of the soil on the present plot is evidently enhanced by the overwash and lateral drainage. Plants indicating mesotrophic conditions are Eupatorium sessilifolium and Pycnanthemum incanum. Juniperus virginiana measured @ 31 cm.
Plot located on steep, cliff-like upper slope above the Maury River, south of Whites Hill.