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
400
m²
Plot Quality Fields:
Plot Validation Level
(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
Field Height
9
m
Tree Cover
15
%
Shrub Cover
70
%
Field Cover
50
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
A Pinus taeda - Quercus spp. dune woodland, apparently being eroded away by wave action. Crest of dune is 1.04 m above water level in adjacent bay at time of sampling, when tide is somewhere between low and high. Pine needle duff is quite deep on back slope of dune toward bottom of slope. Width of plot is < 10 m narrower than width of community.
Plot located in dune woodland on side of marshes. Midpoints of two short segments of plot rectangle are marked with 1" diameter PVC pipe. Long axis runs at bearing of 152 deg.