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
28
m
Tree Cover
90
%
Shrub Cover
10
%
Field Cover
15
%
Nonvascular Cover
5
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
A dry, stony, ridgecrest forest on soils derived from metasedimentary rocks. This mixed oak-hickory stand has surprisingly high species richness, most of it contributed by a patchy herb layer containing many low-cover xerophytes.
Plot location: adjacent to (just E of) gas pipeline ROW on crest of ridge 0.4mi. NNW of Jarman Gap.