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
50
%
Shrub Cover
30
%
Field Cover
15
%
Nonvascular Cover
75
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
A rather dry (at least surficially) boulderfield with large, deeply piled greenstone blocks weathered from the Blackrock cliff above. Herbaceous density and species richness are greatly limited by the sparsity of humus and moss accumulations. Trees here are quite gnarled and show evidence of repeated ice and/or wind damage.
Plot location: Shenandoah NP. Boulderfield between the Appalachian Trail and Blackrock, just SW of lodging facility complex.