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
45
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
The plot documents a rather unusual greenstone barren that is transitional between "high" and "low" elevation barrens.
Plot location: Shenandoah NP. On open rock outcrops ca. 40 meters west of the Appalachian Trail and 460 meters NNW of the Pass Mountain summit.