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
29
m
Shrub Height
5
m
Field Height
5
m
Tree Cover
85
%
Shrub Cover
45
%
Field Cover
35
%
Nonvascular Cover
0.5
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Vegetation in plot is representative of an extensive oak/heath forest that covers the higher uplands in the eastern part of Lake Anna State Park. Overstory dominance is variable, shifting among Quercus alba, Quercus montana, Quercus coccinea, and mixtures of these species; the plot represents an area in which Quercus alba is strongly dominant. Oak recruitment is generally poor and Acer rubrum is overwhelmingly dominant in the understory. True herbaceous plants are nearly absent from this floristically depauperate forest.