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
1.20000004768372
m
Field Height
1
m
Shrub Cover
1
%
Field Cover
70
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot is at the edge of a tidal salt flat, which has formed recently along an inlet that has breached a broad "hook" of undulating dunes off the north end of Wallops Island. Vegetation is dominated by the short form of Spartina alterniflora but contains significant numbers of characteristic salt flat species such as Salicornia virginica and Limonium carolinianum. It is possible that this area at the back of the wetland is actively undergoing succession from salt flat to salt marsh.