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
22
m
Shrub Height
6
m
Field Height
75
m
Tree Cover
80
%
Shrub Cover
45
%
Field Cover
30
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Short slope over tidal marsh. Eroding slope has exposed shell deposits. Adjacent mesohaline marsh is Spartina alterniflora and Scirpus robustus. Slope is on a peninsula that juts out into river. Many dead stems, perhaps due to storm surge and salt water inundation.