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 Cover
90
%
Shrub Cover
50
%
Field Cover
90
%
Nonvascular Cover
20
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
A very bouldery, rich, high elevation mixed hardwood forest. Some large Fraxinus americana and Carya cordiformis specimens occur in and near the plot. Laportea canadensis is particularly abundant and vigorous in the herbaceous layer, which also contains a population of the state rare northern species Geranium robertianum.
Plot location: Shenandoah NP. On rocky slope along the east side of Skyline Drive, ca. 20-40 meters upslope from the roadway and 150 meters NNE of Hazeltop Ridge Overlook.