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
24
m
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot location: 0.54 km SE of Enon Church.
Rock Types Present: small metabasalt outcrops and debris.
A dry, rocky, convex slope supporting a Quercus alba and Quercus montana- dominated forest. There are many snags in this area of trees that died following repeated gypsy moth defoliation in the early 1990s but the canopy in the sampling area is intact.