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
27
m
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot locations: 0.65 km SE of jct. Rt. 245 and US 17.
Rock Types Present: small metabasalt outcrops and debris.
Plot is situated on a dry, gentle, infertile slope at the foot of the Watery Mountains. Quercus montana and Quercus alba are the overstory dominants in a floristically diverse oak forest.