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
6
m
Field Height
7
m
Tree Cover
70
%
Shrub Cover
15
%
Field Cover
70
%
Nonvascular Cover
5
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Relatively well-drained hardwood flat at back edge of wide, relict floodplain along the Chicahominy River. Site is inundated only in rare, catastrophic floods. Most trees are young and stand is rather open, with a sparse shrub layer. Sedges and Chasmanthium laxum dominate the herb layer, giving the stand a savanna-like character. Plot is located in the same stand as NEWK004, but differs considerably from that plot in both physiognomic expression and floristic composition.