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
33
m
Shrub Height
5
m
Field Height
5
m
Tree Cover
95
%
Shrub Cover
25
%
Field Cover
15
%
Nonvascular Cover
0.5
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot captures a medium-age white oak-dominated forest occupying a shallow swale on a sandy ridge upland. This is part of the same stand documented by plot ZOSF001 but is a more mesophytic expression. Mesophytic, fire-intolerant trees (beech, American holly, red maple) dominate the understory, and deciduous heath shrubs are notably less abundant than in ZOSF001. Two large sand hickories rooted outside the plot contribute overhanging cover.
