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:
Field Height
1
m
Shrub Cover
90
%
Field Cover
15
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
This scrub vegetation, several acres in extent, lies in a saddle of a high elevation ridge. The dwarfed nature of the vegetation appears to be largely a function of severe exposure to wind and ice. The past role of fire here should be investigated . Additional species in open, disturbed area along adjacent jeep road include Solidago bicolor, Deschampsia flexuosa, Solidago cf. arguta, Danthonia spicata, Coreopsis major and Centaurea maculosa.
Plot located north of jeep road, ca. 30 m east of Rt. 703.