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
Plot Quality Fields:
Plot Validation Level
(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
Tree Height
30
m
Shrub Height
6
m
Field Height
2
m
Tree Cover
90
%
Shrub Cover
80
%
Field Cover
50
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Directions to plot and tree tag: Mile marker 196, then ~10m E on parkway. At base of steep, rocky slope on N side of road a small stream emerges. Follow stream to triple trunked ash on right bank.
Tagged tree is a triple trunked Fraxinus americana of 28 each cm dbh with tag # 486. Conduit is at a bearing of 330 degrees and 50 m from tree.
Plot location selected in the field by DNH Ecologist, targeting small stream forests.
Mesic ravine dominated by Fraxinus americana and Betula lenta with Magnolia tripetala in subcanopy and shrub dominated by Lindera benzoin and Clethra acuminata. Plot is in stream bottom. Rocky. Herb layer mostly ferns.