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
28
m
Shrub Height
5
m
Field Height
5
m
Tree Cover
85
%
Shrub Cover
45
%
Field Cover
24
%
Nonvascular Cover
0.5
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Dry, sandy upland forest. Unlike many Coastal Plain and Piedmont oak forests, this stand does not have an understory of red maple, and there is reasonably good recruitment of white oak and sand hickory. Old scars on larger oaks (outside plot) suggest that the stand has been subject to at least occasional fires. However, the presence of scattered beech in the understory suggests that no fires have occurred recently.