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The shoreline offers a wonderful view of the Albemarle Sound 

 and would provide many opportunities for recreation as well as 

 being a possible site for geological investigations. 



Sampling Summary 

 Albemarle Sound Low Shoreline 



Based on 15 quarter points. 



Total density - 661 trees/ha 



Canopy 



Species 



Pinus taeda 



Liquidambar styraciflua 

 Quercus laurif lolia 

 Acer rub rum 

 Salix nigra 

 Nyssa sylvatica 



Relative Relative 

 Frequency Densit 



Relative Importance 

 Dominance Value 



43 62 



67 



172 



31 23 



23 



77 



9 5 



3 



17 



6 3 



3 



12 , 



6 3 



2 



11 



6 3 



2 



11 



Sub canopy 







Total density - 1575 trees/ha 



Species 



Relative Relative Relative Importance 

 Frequency Density Dominance Value 



Acer rub rum 33 



Nyssa sylvatica 28 



Liquidambar styraciflua 15 



Magnolia virginica 8 



Persea borbonia 8 



Quercus laurifolia 5 



Nyssa aquatica 2 



Myrica cerifera 2 



38 

 28 

 13 

 7 

 5 

 3 

 3 

 2 



31 

 31 

 18 

 5 

 6 

 6 

 2 

 1 



102 

 87 

 46 

 20 

 19 

 14 

 8 

 5 



10. 



Significance Summary (categories represented and descriptions) 



a . Feature 



b. Description of 

 significant feature 



c. Comparative 

 assessment 



High quality ter- 

 restrial plant 

 community 



Pinus taeda -Liquidambar 

 styracif lua/Acer rubrum - 

 Nyssa sylvatica /? 



A representative stretch 

 of lowland pine-swamp 

 hardwood vegetation. 



High quality wet- 

 land plant com- 

 munity 



Typha sp. 



One of two large acerages 

 of freshwater marsh in 

 county. 



Oustanding geo- 

 logic feature 



Estuarine Low Shoreline 



Best unmodified example 

 in county 



