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:
Field Height
1
m
Field Cover
80
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Marsh is fringed by a stand of Taxodium distichum, and several trees of this species are scattered in the interior of the marsh. A small patch of Zizaniopsis miliacea occupies the edge of swamp forest near plot (see plot CPSP003). Carex hyalinolepis is present farther inland beneath Taxodium and Acer rubrum. Downstream the vegetation appears to grade into dominance by Typha angustifolia; low marsh consisting primarily of Peltandra virginica prevails along tidal channels. One patch of Phragmites australis (perhaps 0.1 ha) is located ca. 150 from and upstream of plot.