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
70
%
Field Cover
70
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
This plot encompasses a dense thicket in a dune lowland. It represents an ecotone between dry dune upland and wet swale vegetation, and hence there is a mixing of upland and wetland species in the plot. Water table is seasonally high. Four species of Eupatorium occur in the plot.