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
15
m
Field Height
5
m
Tree Cover
90
%
Shrub Cover
15
%
Field Cover
35
%
Nonvascular Cover
4
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Surprisingly diverse, rather dry forest on narrow metasedimentary ridge crest. Dominant overstory trees (Quercus montana, Carya ovalis) are somewhat stunted and gnarled. Very open understory. Recently burned.
0 -1 cm - leaf litter
1 -3 cm - humus/dense root mat
3 -5 cm - dark blackish silt loam, organic rich
5+cm - yellow-brown silty clay loam
Soils VERY stony and difficult to extract