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
32
m
Shrub Height
6
m
Field Height
1
m
Tree Cover
85
%
Shrub Cover
70
%
Field Cover
80
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot located in the most mature, least disturbed portion of a weedy floodplain forest along the Rappahannock River in Phelps Wildlife Management Area. The site is on an elevated terrace with fertile alluvial soils. The herb layer is dense and diverse, but includes a number of invasive exotics characteristic of large-river floodplains (e.g., Alliaria petiolata, Glechoma hederacea, Stellaria media). Platanus occidentalis is more important in this overstory of this stand outside of the plot.