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:
Shrub Height
3
m
Field Height
5
m
Shrub Cover
70
%
Field Cover
10
%
Nonvascular Cover
0.5
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
High secondary dune crest about 180 meters from the beach, dominated by a patchwork of low, mounded Quercus virginiana and open sand with sparse herbaceous plants. The lichen Parmotrema perforata was abundant on dead oak branches. Very representative of the maritime scrub zone that lies between the graminoid-dominated foredunes and the higher, more stabilized back dunes supporting loblolly pine woodlands.