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
5
m
Field Cover
30
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
The habitat is a classic salt flat located at the irregularly flooded back edge of a salt marsh on Magothy Bay, about 300 m from the Chesapeake Bay. This flat is extensive and may be somewhat depressional, although this is hard to detect; at a minimum, microtopography of this site contains numerous sparsely vegetated, slightly depressed areas that apparently accumulate salt through evaporation of flood waters. The substrate is very dense and poorly drained. The floristically depauperate vegetation is a very low herbaceous type containing all three halophytic "saltworts," Salicornia virginica, Salicornia bigelovii, and Sarcocornia perennis, with the latter strongly dominating the stand. See also plot MAGO002.
