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
36
m
Shrub Height
6
m
Field Height
5
m
Tree Cover
90
%
Shrub Cover
70
%
Field Cover
12
%
Nonvascular Cover
0.5
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
This plot is on a sandy SW-facing bluff overlooking an arm of Lake Prince. A huge Quercus falcata (121 cm DBH) and large individuals of Fagus grandifolia and Carya glabra make up the overstory in the area of the plot. As on similar sites around Lake Prince, Kalmia latifolia and Symplocos tinctoria make up most of a dense shrub layer.