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
90
%
Field Cover
50
%
Nonvascular Cover
5
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot is situated in a dry woodland located just upslope from exposed greenstone outcrops and plot SNP70. this type of woodland, dominated by Fraxinus americana (of Fraxinus - Carya - Juniperus combinations), often forms an ecotone between exposed, base rich rock outcrops and the surrounding matrix forest of the slope. Drought stress was evident in the sampled stand, with several recently deceased Fraxinus americana within the plot.
Plot location: Shenandoah NP. Woodland above open greenstone outcrops on steep, western slope of the Blue Ridge, ca. 0.15 mi. downslope of Skyline Drive and 0.35 mi. north of Gooney Run Overlook.