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
2
m
Field Cover
15
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot located in an extensive upper beach / flat that covers the entire southwestern tip of Cobb Island. Surface substrate varies from mostly bare sand to nearly continuous shell deposits. Vegetation varies from sparse to patchy, with Solidago sempervirens var. sempervirens dominating slightly higher, shell-covered areas and a slightly more diverse assemblage occupying the lower sands. The plot was placed in the latter situation, where the substrate consists of bare sand or washed-up marsh detritus covered with sand. The succulent forbs Cakile edentula and Salsola kali ssp. kali are most numerous and characteristic here, although the vegetation is quite sparse.
