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 Cover
20
%
Field Cover
90
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
An open Myrica pensylvanica-dominated shrubland on an eroded, oceanward secondary dune. Herbaceous diversity if fairly high in this habitat, which is subject to occasional overwash.
Plot located ca. 0.3 mi south of Coast Guard station.