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
1000
m²
Plot Quality Fields:
Plot Validation Level
(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
Tree Height
34
m
Shrub Height
6
m
Field Height
8
m
Tree Cover
90
%
Shrub Cover
40
%
Field Cover
20
%
Nonvascular Cover
0.5
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Rich mesophytic forest on a well-drained floodplain terrace with highly calcareous soils washed from Tertiary shell deposits. The extent of this vegetation along Blows Mill Run is not known. A 1000 square meter plot was sampled to capture the representative, very mixed overstory with Fraxinus americana, Acer barbatum, Fagus grandifolia, Quercus muhlenbergii, Liquidambar styraciflua, Liriodendron tulipifera, and Ulmus rubra. A spring revisit is needed, as any ephemerals present in this habitat would not be detected at such a late date.