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
31
m
Shrub Height
5
m
Field Height
5
m
Tree Cover
75
%
Shrub Cover
30
%
Field Cover
60
%
Nonvascular Cover
1
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Dry calcareous slope forest with Quercus muhlenbergii and Carya cordiformis the leading canoy dominants. This vegetation occupies a small strip on middle and lower portion of a short slope in ravine. The ground surface is naturally somewhat sheet-eroded, providing mineral soil substrate favorable to a large number of herbaceous species. A large Liriodendron is rooted in the plot but leans out.