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
35
m
Shrub Height
6
m
Field Height
6
m
Tree Cover
95
%
Shrub Cover
20
%
Field Cover
55
%
Nonvascular Cover
0.5
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
A mesophytic Coastal Plain hardwood forest on a sheltered, north-facing lower slope along Three Creek. This site was last logged (selectively) in 1934, and the current stand is quite mature. Fagus grandifolia, Quercus rubra, Carya glabra, and Liquidambar styraciflua ranging up to 90 cm DBH comprise the mixed overstory. Fagus recruitment forms most of the understory, while the herb layer is patch-dominated by ferns - Thelypteris noveboracensis, Polystichum acrostichoides, Phegopteris hexagonoptera.