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
1.5
m
Field Height
2
m
Shrub Cover
4
%
Field Cover
99
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
This large interdune swale is located over a low dune ridge from plot FCSP044, but is much wetter and features the characteristic dense, tall, Spartina patens vegetation of such swales at False Cape. Although Spartina dominates rather strongly, this is one of the most floristically diverse wetlands sampled at False Cape, with 44 additional species present in a 400-meter plot. Some woody invasion is occurring at the east edge of the plot, along the base of the adjacent dune. Significant, recent pig-rooting at one end of the plot degrades what otherwise would be an exemplary stand.