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
34
m
Shrub Height
6
m
Field Height
6
m
Tree Cover
95
%
Shrub Cover
35
%
Field Cover
25
%
Nonvascular Cover
0.5
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
This plot is located in a relatively mature beech - oak - tuliptree stand. The site is a fairly steep slope above Turkey Run, and quartz boulders and fragments are present on the soil surface in several places. Large Quercus rubra and Liriodendron tulipifera dominate the overstory while Fagus grandifolia greatly dominates all understory layers. The herb layer is moderately diverse but contains few spring ephemerals.