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 Cover
70
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
This plot is located on the ocean-facing side of a steep secondary dune ca. 200 m behind the beach. Its vegetation, dominated by Schizachyrium littorale, is very characteristic of xeric, stabilized secondary dunes at the inland edge of the maritime grassland zone. Just inland, the remainder of the secondary dunes are covered with dense Myrica pensylvanica-dominated scrub.
Plot located on dunes at northern end of Wallops Island.