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
200
m²
Plot Quality Fields:
Plot Validation Level
(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
Tree Height
10
m
Shrub Height
5
m
Field Height
1
m
Tree Cover
55
%
Shrub Cover
30
%
Field Cover
40
%
Nonvascular Cover
55
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Only a 200 square meter quadrat was possible because of the trail immediately upslope and a cliff at the downslope edge of the plot. The vegetation here is a semi-open, stunted woodland co-dominated by Quercus montana and Pinus virginiana, on shallow, rocky soil over metabasalt.