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
90
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
This narrow zone of Baccharis halimifolia scrub dominates the ecotone between salt marsh and dune upland. The salt marsh here is presently embayed, and as sands continue to accumulate along the western tip of Hog Island, the bay might be cut off from the sea. Halophytes currently dominate, but these species might decline if the bay is cut off.