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
70
%
Shrub Cover
70
%
Field Cover
70
%
Nonvascular Cover
30
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot located in a mesic, lower slope boulderfield forest with dense herbaceous cover of Laportea canadensis. Several large, well formed Quercus rubra specimens occur in and around the plot.
Plot location: Shenandoah NP. About 20 meters west of the Appalachian Trial, across a small draw, at a point where the trail turns sharply east 0.4 mile SSE of Panorama.