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
Stem Observation Area
100
m²
Plot Quality Fields:
Plot Validation Level
(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
--no data--
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot location: Off McCarty Loop Trail from southern end. Part of forested peninsula that extends into the Accotink Bay Marshes.
Plot contains hummock and hollow microtopography.
See plot form for drawing of plot location and description.
A tidal swamp forest with a sparse canopy of Fraxinus pennsylvanica and Liriodendron tulipifera, and a significant mixed shrub layer.