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
38
m
Shrub Height
6
m
Field Height
7
m
Tree Cover
85
%
Shrub Cover
80
%
Field Cover
10
%
Nonvascular Cover
0.5
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
A beautiful, mature, mesophytic ravine forest with mixed overstory of Fagus grandifolia, Quercus alba, Q. rubra, and Liriodendron tulipifera, with prominent Ilex opaca understory. This is a classic stand of older-age, inner Coastal Plain ravine forest.