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:
Tree Cover
50
%
Shrub Cover
25
%
Field Cover
50
%
Nonvascular Cover
50
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Pines are slow-growing and rather sparse on this dry sandhill. This forest does not support Quercus laevis, but this species does occur in similar vegetation 1.3 mi to the northeast.
Pinus taeda ranges in size up to ca. 20 cm dbh.
Plot situated ca. 10 m east of Rt. 689, just south of its junction with Rt. 687.