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
32
m
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot location: 0.79 km SSW of Rt. 703 terminus at Horner Run.
Rock Types Present: small metabasalt outcrops, abundant debris.
Plot located on a very rocky, concave toe slope along a small mountain stream. Despite the relatively low base status of soils collected here, vegetation is a mixed oak- hickory- ash forest with high species richness. Ostrya virginiana and Hamamelis virginiana are exceptionally abundant in the understory.