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 Height
24
m
Tree Cover
70
%
Shrub Cover
30
%
Field Cover
70
%
Nonvascular Cover
1
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
The plot is located in xeric, infertile "flatwoods" characteristic of the alluvial fan terrain at the western foot of the Blue Ridge in Augusta and Rockingham Counties. Vegetation at this site is a very xeric and oligotrophic oak/heath forest with scattered Pinus rigida. Pines here have suffered less mortality from southern pine beetle outbreaks than populations at similar sites nearby.
Plot location: just E of SNP fire road between Hangman Run and Lewis Run, ca. 0.3 mi. S of US 340.