Intensive 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
1
m
Field Cover
15
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Patches of Hudsonia tomentosa - Panicum amarum dune scrub vegetation are scattered along the back dune system at the northern end of W.B. Trower Bayshore NAP, where they form a mosaic with Pinus taeda - Quercus falcata shrubland. In contrast to examples of this community type from Savage Neck and Parramore Island, Schizachyrium littorale is a component of the vegetation here. Time did not permit sampling of a variant of this community with sprawling robust Campsis radicans, scattered Opuntia humifusa and Cladonia sp., and abundant Schizachyrium.