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
30
m
Shrub Height
6
m
Field Height
5
m
Tree Cover
90
%
Shrub Cover
70
%
Field Cover
8
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
The site is a gentle slope along Deane's Creek, above its mouth at Bennett Creek. Vegetation is a mixed hardwood forest (oak-sweetgum-beech) with dense evergreen understory/shrub mixture of Ilex opaca, Symplocos tinctoria, and Kalmia latifolia. Oaks (Quercus alba and Q. falcata) are the largest trees in the stand but recruitment of these species is lacking.