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
1.5
m
Field Height
2
m
Shrub Cover
1
%
Field Cover
75
%
Nonvascular Cover
0
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot is located in a wet interdunal swale. There is standing water from the recent hurricane storm surge. The site is a shallow swale bordered by Maritime Dune Grassland. The soil surface has an algal mat in some areas that was considered organic matter in the unvegetated substrate estimate. The vegetation is almost entirely herbaceous. Spartina patens dominates, and Solidago sempervirens, Fimbristylis castanea, F. caroliniana, and Andropogon glomeratus are characteristic associates.