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
100
m²
Plot Quality Fields:
Plot Validation Level
(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
Shrub Cover
15
%
Field Cover
50
%
Nonvascular Cover
40
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
A relatively pristine, high elevation outcrop barren. Vegetation here is a mosaic of wind blasted scrub and herbaceous mats dominated largely by Deschampsia flexuosa var. flexuosa and Solidago simplex ssp. randii var. randii.
Plot location: Shenandoah National Park. On clifftop 0.4 NNE of Franklin Cliffs Overlook and 0.15 mi. W of Skyline Drive.