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:
Tree Cover
15
%
Shrub Cover
15
%
Field Cover
50
%
Nonvascular Cover
20
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
The dry, clifftop habitat supports primarily herbaceous vegetation with scattered shrubs and stunted trees. Several noteworthy plants occur here. Solidago arguta var. harrisii, normally assocated with limestone and shale substrates, is quite abundant. In addition, a portion of the only population of the globally rare dwarf shrub Paxistima canbyi found on the Blue Ridge or on Greenstone occurs in and around the plot.
Plot location: At top of NW-facing greenstone clifff, <0.1 mi. west of Overall Run Falls.