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
Plot Quality Fields:
Plot Validation Level
(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
Field Height
1
m
Tree Cover
70
%
Shrub Cover
5
%
Field Cover
90
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot is located in one of the least disturbed (grazed and eroded) portions of a mile-long red siltstone cliff, on upper slope and crest at northeast end of escarpment, 0.5 mi northeast of Redrock Mountain proper. Under open woodland stands of mixed hardwoods, graminoids such as Carex pensylvanica dominate in soils at the cliff top, while lithophytes are more prevalent on and around the ledges. Plot encompasses both variants.
Quercus rubra in plot measured @ 30 cm dbh.