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
75
%
Shrub Cover
20
%
Field Cover
90
%
Nonvascular Cover
5
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Mature, lush cove forest on sloping, cove-bottom terrace with much coarse woody debris. Mature stand of large Liriodendron tulipifera and Tilia americana var. heterophylla, with Acer saccharum and Aesculus flava prominent in the understory. Adjacent steep slopes have greater cover by the latter two trees, and less herb cover, than the cove bottom.