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:
Shrub Height
2
m
Field Height
1
m
Shrub Cover
75
%
Field Cover
35
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
This plot was placed in a shrubby, saturated swale immediately behind a tall foredune a mere 100 meters behind the beach. Dense patches of both Myrica spp., young Pinus taeda, and some Vaccinium fuscatum are interspersed with small herbaceous openings. Of particular note here are large colonies of Lycopodiella appressa, a fern of boggy habitats.