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:
Tree Height
30
m
Field Height
5
m
Tree Cover
40
%
Field Cover
99
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Plot documents an elevated sand bar / bank on the shore of the Potomac River. Coarse, dense, weedy, mostly perennial forbs dominate the vegetation. Acer saccharinum trees outside the plot have significant (> 25%) overhanging cover. This habitat is probably inundated for much of the winter and spring but becomes exposed by early summer.