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
Plot Quality Fields:
Plot Validation Level
(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
Field Height
75
m
Field Cover
80
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot captures transition zone between shorter Distichlis spicata - Spartina patens marsh and taller Spartina alterniflora which forms more extensive dominance patches. Zone of overlap here is wide and difficult to delineate, but pure Spartina alterniflora vegetation appears limited north of plot DAME001P (parallel to shoreline along Ingram Bay). Juncus roemerianus appears to dominate the largest portion of the interior mosaic of Dameron Marsh. Most Spartina alterniflora stems are sterile and < 50 cm tall. Standing water ca. 5 cm deep at 2:30 PM.
0 - 65 - wet, mucky, silty loam, with somewhat more fibric organic matter than in plot DAME001P; organic matter seems to increase with depth
65 - soil grades into slightly sandy clay loam