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
30
m
Shrub Height
6
m
Field Height
5
m
Tree Cover
90
%
Shrub Cover
45
%
Field Cover
6
%
Nonvascular Cover
1
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Young but representative stand of acidic cove forest. Dominated by even-aged regeneration of tulip-poplar, sweet birch, and eastern hemlock following clear-cutting. Plot placed in a shallow ravine at the head of a small cove, where there was a slight break in the nearly continuous cover of Rhododendron maximum.