SHNP073
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Plot ID Fields:
Author Plot Code	SHNP073
Author Observation Code	SHNP073
Original Data Location	Virginia Natural Heritage Program, Richmond
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Location Accuracy	25 m
Confidentiality Status	NOT IMPLEMENTED: public embargo
Latitude	38.7551666666667 º
Longitude	-78.2152 º
Author Location	Big Devils Stairs
State or Province	Virginia
Country	United States
Named Places	area|country|territory: United States county: Rappahannock continent: North America region|state|province: Virginia quadrangle: Chester Gap
Layout Fields:
Shape	Square
Area	400 m²
Permanence	not permanent
Environment Fields:
Elevation	543 m
Slope Aspect	180 º
Slope Gradient	33 º
Topographic Position	Midslope
Rock Type	basalt
Homogeneity	homogeneous
Hydrologic Regime	Upland
Soil Moisture Regime	Subxeric
Soil Drainage	well drained
Percent Bedrock	20 %
Percent Rock / Gravel	2 %
Percent Litter	38 %
Percent Bare Soil	40 %
Soil Taxon Source	USDA county soil survey
Methods Fields:
Observation Start Date	30-Sep-1999 ± exact
Date Accuracy	exact
Project	Shenandoah National Park
Cover Method	Virginia Heritage Cover Method
Stratum Method	VA-Heritage Strata
Stem Size Limit	2.5 cm
Taxon Observation Area	400 m²
Cover Dispersion	Entire
Overall Taxon Cover Values are Automatically Calculated?	no
Stem Observation Area	400 m²
Stem Sample Method	Full census
Plot Quality Fields:
Effort Level	Accurate
Plot Validation Level	(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
Floristic Quality	High
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
Basal Area	12.7901898249984 m²/ha
Tree Cover	30 %
Shrub Cover	30 %
Field Cover	70 %
Nonvascular Cover	15 %
Dominant Stratum	Tree
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative	This plot encompasses a steeply sloping area, a small vertical outcrop and a narrow ledge at the top of a massive ravine side cliff. The dryn woodland vegetation here, dominated by Fraxinus americana, Carya glabra and Ostrya virginiana, has high speceis r

Taxa occurring on this plot-observation
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ord Author Plant Name Original Interpretation, full Scientific Name Original Interpretation, Scientific Name without authors Original Interpretation, Common Name Original Interpretation, USDA Code Current Interpretation, full Scientific Name Current Interpretation, Scientific Name without authors Current Interpretation, Common Name Current Interpretation, USDA Code Stratum Cover Original Cover Code Basal Area Biomass Inference Area Stems: Stem Diameters (graphically): 1 Carya glabra (P. Mill.) Sweet Carya glabra (P. Mill.) Sweet Carya glabra pignut hickory Carya glabra (P. Mill.) Sweet **   Carya glabra (P. Mill.) Sweet Carya glabra pignut hickory Carya glabra (P. Mill.) Sweet **   tree 10m 17.5 % 6       -none- 2 Fraxinus americana L. Fraxinus americana L. Fraxinus americana white ash Fraxinus americana L. **   Fraxinus americana L. Fraxinus americana white ash Fraxinus americana L. **   tree 10m 7.5 % 5       -none- 3 Quercus montana Willd. Quercus montana Willd. Quercus montana Quercus montana Willd. **   Quercus montana Willd. **   Quercus montana Willd. Quercus montana Quercus montana Willd. **   Quercus montana Willd. **   tree 6m 17.5 % 6       -none- 4 Fraxinus americana L. Fraxinus americana L. Fraxinus americana white ash Fraxinus americana L. **   Fraxinus americana L. Fraxinus americana white ash Fraxinus americana L. **   tree 6m 7.5 % 5       -none- 5 Ostrya virginiana (P. Mill.) K. Koch Ostrya virginiana (P. Mill.) K. Koch Ostrya virginiana hophornbeam Ostrya virginiana (P. Mill.) K. Koch **   Ostrya virginiana (P. Mill.) K. Koch Ostrya virginiana hophornbeam Ostrya virginiana (P. Mill.) K. Koch **   tree 6m 7.5 % 5       -none- 6 Pinus virginiana P. Mill. Pinus virginiana P. Mill. Pinus virginiana Virginia pine Pinus virginiana P. Mill. **   Pinus virginiana P. Mill. Pinus virginiana Virginia pine Pinus virginiana P. Mill. **   tree 6m 1.5 % 3       -none- 7 Ostrya virginiana (P. Mill.) K. Koch Ostrya virginiana (P. Mill.) K. Koch Ostrya virginiana hophornbeam Ostrya virginiana (P. Mill.) K. Koch **   Ostrya virginiana (P. Mill.) K. Koch Ostrya virginiana hophornbeam Ostrya virginiana (P. Mill.) K. Koch **   shrub 7.5 % 5       -none- 8 Cercis canadensis L. var. canadensis Cercis canadensis L. var. canadensis Cercis canadensis var. canadensis eastern redbud Cercis canadensis L. var. canadensis **   Cercis canadensis L. var. canadensis Cercis canadensis var. canadensis eastern redbud Cercis canadensis L. var. canadensis **   shrub 7.5 % 5       -none- 9 Pinus virginiana P. Mill. Pinus virginiana P. Mill. Pinus virginiana Virginia pine Pinus virginiana P. Mill. **   Pinus virginiana P. Mill. Pinus virginiana Virginia pine Pinus virginiana P. Mill. **   shrub 3.5 % 4       -none- 10 Fraxinus americana L. Fraxinus americana L. Fraxinus americana white ash Fraxinus americana L. **   Fraxinus americana L. Fraxinus americana white ash Fraxinus americana L. **   shrub 3.5 % 4       -none- 11 Rhus typhina L. Rhus typhina L. Rhus typhina Rhus typhina L. **   Rhus typhina L. **   Rhus typhina L. Rhus typhina Rhus typhina L. **   Rhus typhina L. **   shrub 3.5 % 4       -none- 12 Rosa carolina L. Rosa carolina L. Rosa carolina Carolina rose Rosa carolina L. **   Rosa carolina L. Rosa carolina Carolina rose Rosa carolina L. **   shrub 3.5 % 4       -none- 13 Viburnum rafinesquianum J.A. Schultes Viburnum rafinesquianum J.A. Schultes Viburnum rafinesquianum downy arrowwood Viburnum rafinesquianum J.A. Schultes **   Viburnum rafinesquianum J.A. Schultes Viburnum rafinesquianum downy arrowwood Viburnum rafinesquianum J.A. Schultes **   shrub 3.5 % 4       -none- 14 Vitis aestivalis Michx. var. bicolor Deam Vitis aestivalis Michx. var. bicolor Deam Vitis aestivalis var. bicolor summer grape Vitis aestivalis Michx. var. bicolor Deam **   Vitis aestivalis Michx. var. bicolor Deam Vitis aestivalis var. bicolor summer grape Vitis aestivalis Michx. var. bicolor Deam **   shrub 1.5 % 3       -none- 15 Carya glabra (P. Mill.) Sweet Carya glabra (P. Mill.) Sweet Carya glabra pignut hickory Carya glabra (P. Mill.) Sweet **   Carya glabra (P. Mill.) Sweet Carya glabra pignut hickory Carya glabra (P. Mill.) Sweet **   shrub 1.5 % 3       -none- 16 Quercus montana Willd. Quercus montana Willd. Quercus montana Quercus montana Willd. **   Quercus montana Willd. **   Quercus montana Willd. Quercus montana Quercus montana Willd. **   Quercus montana Willd. **   shrub 1.5 % 3       -none- 17 Ribes rotundifolium Michx. Ribes rotundifolium Michx. Ribes rotundifolium Appalachian gooseberry Ribes rotundifolium Michx. **   Ribes rotundifolium Michx. Ribes rotundifolium Appalachian gooseberry Ribes rotundifolium Michx. **   shrub 0.55 % 2       -none- 18 Robinia pseudoacacia L. Robinia pseudoacacia L. Robinia pseudoacacia black locust Robinia pseudoacacia L. **   Robinia pseudoacacia L. Robinia pseudoacacia black locust Robinia pseudoacacia L. **   shrub 0.55 % 2       -none- 19 Rosa carolina L. Rosa carolina L. Rosa carolina Carolina rose Rosa carolina L. **   Rosa carolina L. Rosa carolina Carolina rose Rosa carolina L. **   woody seedlings 17.5 % 6       -none- 20 Vaccinium pallidum Ait. Vaccinium pallidum Ait. Vaccinium pallidum Blue Ridge blueberry Vaccinium pallidum Ait. **   Vaccinium pallidum Ait. Vaccinium pallidum Blue Ridge blueberry Vaccinium pallidum Ait. **   woody seedlings 3.5 % 4       -none- 21 Toxicodendron radicans (L.) Kuntze Toxicodendron radicans (L.) Kuntze Toxicodendron radicans eastern poison ivy Toxicodendron radicans (L.) Kuntze **   Toxicodendron radicans (L.) Kuntze Toxicodendron radicans eastern poison ivy Toxicodendron radicans (L.) Kuntze **   woody seedlings 0.55 % 2       -none- 22 Ostrya virginiana (P. Mill.) K. Koch Ostrya virginiana (P. Mill.) K. Koch Ostrya virginiana hophornbeam Ostrya virginiana (P. Mill.) K. Koch **   Ostrya virginiana (P. Mill.) K. Koch Ostrya virginiana hophornbeam Ostrya virginiana (P. Mill.) K. Koch **   woody seedlings 0.55 % 2       -none- 23 Cercis canadensis L. var. canadensis Cercis canadensis L. var. canadensis Cercis canadensis var. canadensis eastern redbud Cercis canadensis L. var. canadensis **   Cercis canadensis L. var. canadensis Cercis canadensis var. canadensis eastern redbud Cercis canadensis L. var. canadensis **   woody seedlings 0.55 % 2       -none- 24 Vitis aestivalis Michx. var. bicolor Deam Vitis aestivalis Michx. var. bicolor Deam Vitis aestivalis var. bicolor summer grape Vitis aestivalis Michx. var. bicolor Deam **   Vitis aestivalis Michx. var. bicolor Deam Vitis aestivalis var. bicolor summer grape Vitis aestivalis Michx. var. bicolor Deam **   woody seedlings 0.55 % 2       -none- 25 Spiraea betulifolia Pallas var. corymbosa (Raf.) Maxim. Spiraea betulifolia Pallas var. corymbosa (Raf.) Maxim. Spiraea betulifolia var. corymbosa shinyleaf meadowsweet Spiraea betulifolia Pallas var. corymbosa (Raf.) Maxim. **   Spiraea betulifolia Pallas var. corymbosa (Raf.) Maxim. Spiraea betulifolia var. corymbosa shinyleaf meadowsweet Spiraea betulifolia Pallas var. corymbosa (Raf.) Maxim. **   woody seedlings 0.55 % 2       -none- 26 Rhus typhina L. Rhus typhina L. Rhus typhina Rhus typhina L. **   Rhus typhina L. **   Rhus typhina L. Rhus typhina Rhus typhina L. **   Rhus typhina L. **   woody seedlings 0.55 % 2       -none- 27 Carya glabra (P. Mill.) Sweet Carya glabra (P. Mill.) Sweet Carya glabra pignut hickory Carya glabra (P. Mill.) Sweet **   Carya glabra (P. Mill.) Sweet Carya glabra pignut hickory Carya glabra (P. Mill.) Sweet **   woody seedlings 0.55 % 2       -none- 28 Quercus montana Willd. Quercus montana Willd. Quercus montana Quercus montana Willd. **   Quercus montana Willd. **   Quercus montana Willd. Quercus montana Quercus montana Willd. **   Quercus montana Willd. **   woody seedlings 0.55 % 2       -none- 29 Viburnum prunifolium L. Viburnum prunifolium L. Viburnum prunifolium blackhaw Viburnum prunifolium L. **   Viburnum prunifolium L. Viburnum prunifolium blackhaw Viburnum prunifolium L. **   woody seedlings 0.55 % 2       -none- 30 Ailanthus altissima (P. Mill.) Swingle Ailanthus altissima (P. Mill.) Swingle Ailanthus altissima tree of heaven Ailanthus altissima (P. Mill.) Swingle **   Ailanthus altissima (P. Mill.) Swingle Ailanthus altissima tree of heaven Ailanthus altissima (P. Mill.) Swingle **   woody seedlings 0.05 % 1       -none- 31 Viburnum acerifolium L. Viburnum acerifolium L. Viburnum acerifolium mapleleaf viburnum Viburnum acerifolium L. **   Viburnum acerifolium L. Viburnum acerifolium mapleleaf viburnum Viburnum acerifolium L. **   woody seedlings 0.05 % 1       -none- 32 Quercus velutina Lam. Quercus velutina Lam. Quercus velutina black oak Quercus velutina Lam. **   Quercus velutina Lam. Quercus velutina black oak Quercus velutina Lam. **   woody seedlings 0.05 % 1       -none-
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Stratum Definitions:
Stratum Type Stratum Base Stratum Height Stratum Cover tree 35m 35 m     shrub 0.5 m 6 m 37.5 % tree 20m 20 m 35 m   tree 10m 10 m 20 m 37.5 % tree 6m 6 m 10 m 37.5 % woody seedlings 0 m 0.5 m 17.5 % Herb 0 m   70 %
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