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
35
m
Shrub Height
6
m
Field Height
1
m
Tree Cover
90
%
Shrub Cover
65
%
Field Cover
60
%
Nonvascular Cover
0.5
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot captures a mesophytic hardwood forest with a number of old trees situated on a convex nose of a lower slope above a beaver impacted floodplain. High quality, mature stand with relatively high fern cover and little evidence of anthropogenic disturbance.