085-BUFF-0006P
» Citation URL: http://vegbank.org/cite/urn:lsid:cvs.bio.unc.edu:observation:12785-{4C5A7AB6-CA2E-4456-8106-58703D0E9CFB} » Citing info
Plot ID Fields:
Author Plot Code	085-BUFF-0006P
Author Observation Code	085-BUFF-0006P
Location Fields:	MAP: Google | Yahoo | TopoZone | MapQuest
Location Accuracy	25 m
Confidentiality Status	100 km radius (nearest degree)
Latitude	37 º
Longitude	-80 º
State or Province	Virginia
Named Places	county: Floyd region|state|province: Virginia
Layout Fields:
DSG Polygon	10 x 10 m
Area	100 m²
Permanence	not permanent
Environment Fields:
Elevation	1196 m
Slope Aspect	195 º
Slope Gradient	13 º
Topographic Position	crest/interfluve
Landform	bedrock outcrop
Hydrologic Regime	terrestrial (upland)
Soil Moisture Regime	somewhat xeric
Soil Drainage	rapidly drained
Methods Fields:
Observation Start Date	27-Jul-2000
Observation End Date	27-Jul-2000
Project	Virginia Heritage
Cover Method	Carolina Vegetation Survey
Stratum Method	No Strata
Method Narrative	Intensive 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:
Field Height	1 m
Field Cover	75 %
Nonvascular Cover	15 %
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative	Plot captures fairly diverse, graminoid-dominated vegetation on east end of Buffalo Mountain summit. This community is distinct from more sparsely vegetated bedrock pavement barren characterized by Minuartia groenlandica and Paronychia argyrocoma. Shrub stature and cover are considerably less here than on west slope just below summit, where this community type is more extensive. Rhynchospora globularis is especially striking in this stand, and Scleria triglomerata, Hypoxis hirsuta, and Muhlenbergia capillaris are among the other graminoids more abundant in this stand than in that on the west slope (see plots BUFF008P and BUFF008D). Seasonal runoff, which Tom Rawinski highlighted in the other stand, probably contributes to more widespread mesic conditions here, but equally important are accumulation of soil and high cover of bunch grasses. Soils on the summit are substantially more deficient in base cations and have much aluminum concentrations than those of lower elevations at Buffalo Mountain, which could reflect the effects of chronic acid precipitation.

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 Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium **   Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium **   Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium **   Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium **   Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium **   Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium **   Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium **   Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium **   -all-   17.5 % 6       -none- 2 Danthonia spicata Danthonia spicata **   Danthonia spicata **   Danthonia spicata **   Danthonia spicata **   Danthonia spicata **   Danthonia spicata **   Danthonia spicata **   Danthonia spicata **   -all-   17.5 % 6       -none- 3 Rhynchospora globularis Rhynchospora globularis **   Rhynchospora globularis **   Rhynchospora globularis **   Rhynchospora globularis **   Rhynchospora globularis **   Rhynchospora globularis **   Rhynchospora globularis **   Rhynchospora globularis **   -all-   7.5 % 5       -none- 4 Salix occidentalis Salix occidentalis **   Salix occidentalis **   Salix occidentalis **   Salix occidentalis **   Salix occidentalis **   Salix occidentalis **   Salix occidentalis **   Salix occidentalis **   -all-   3.5 % 4       -none- 5 Dichanthelium sp. Dichanthelium sp. **   Dichanthelium sp. **   Dichanthelium sp. **   Dichanthelium sp. **   Dichanthelium sp. **   Dichanthelium sp. **   Dichanthelium sp. **   Dichanthelium sp. **   -all-   1.5 % 3       -none- 6 Solidago randii Solidago randii **   Solidago randii **   Solidago randii **   Solidago randii **   Solidago randii **   Solidago randii **   Solidago randii **   Solidago randii **   -all-   1.5 % 3       -none- 7 Lechea racemulosa Lechea racemulosa **   Lechea racemulosa **   Lechea racemulosa **   Lechea racemulosa **   Lechea racemulosa **   Lechea racemulosa **   Lechea racemulosa **   Lechea racemulosa **   -all-   1.5 % 3       -none- 8 Aletris farinosa Aletris farinosa **   Aletris farinosa **   Aletris farinosa **   Aletris farinosa **   Aletris farinosa **   Aletris farinosa **   Aletris farinosa **   Aletris farinosa **   -all-   1.5 % 3       -none- 9 Sibbaldia tridentata Sibbaldia tridentata **   Sibbaldia tridentata **   Sibbaldia tridentata **   Sibbaldia tridentata **   Sibbaldia tridentata **   Sibbaldia tridentata **   Sibbaldia tridentata **   Sibbaldia tridentata **   -all-   1.5 % 3       -none- 10 Hypoxis hirsuta Hypoxis hirsuta **   Hypoxis hirsuta **   Hypoxis hirsuta **   Hypoxis hirsuta **   Hypoxis hirsuta **   Hypoxis hirsuta **   Hypoxis hirsuta **   Hypoxis hirsuta **   -all-   1.5 % 3       -none- 11 Scleria triglomerata Scleria triglomerata **   Scleria triglomerata **   Scleria triglomerata **   Scleria triglomerata **   Scleria triglomerata **   Scleria triglomerata **   Scleria triglomerata **   Scleria triglomerata **   -all-   1.5 % 3       -none- 12 Vaccinium pallidum Vaccinium pallidum **   Vaccinium pallidum **   Vaccinium pallidum **   Vaccinium pallidum **   Vaccinium pallidum **   Vaccinium pallidum **   Vaccinium pallidum **   Vaccinium pallidum **   -all-   1.5 % 3       -none- 13 Dichanthelium columbianum Dichanthelium columbianum **   Dichanthelium columbianum **   Dichanthelium columbianum **   Dichanthelium columbianum **   Dichanthelium columbianum **   Dichanthelium columbianum **   Dichanthelium columbianum **   Dichanthelium columbianum **   -all-   1.5 % 3       -none- 14 Minuartia groenlandica Minuartia groenlandica **   Minuartia groenlandica **   Minuartia groenlandica **   Minuartia groenlandica **   Minuartia groenlandica **   Minuartia groenlandica **   Minuartia groenlandica **   Minuartia groenlandica **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 15 Fraxinus americana Fraxinus americana **   Fraxinus americana **   Fraxinus americana **   Fraxinus americana **   Fraxinus americana **   Fraxinus americana **   Fraxinus americana **   Fraxinus americana **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 16 Quercus alba Quercus alba **   Quercus alba **   Quercus alba **   Quercus alba **   Quercus alba **   Quercus alba **   Quercus alba **   Quercus alba **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 17 Sericocarpus linifolius Sericocarpus linifolius **   Sericocarpus linifolius **   Sericocarpus linifolius **   Sericocarpus linifolius **   Sericocarpus linifolius **   Sericocarpus linifolius **   Sericocarpus linifolius **   Sericocarpus linifolius **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 18 Viola sagittata var. sagittata Viola sagittata var. sagittata **   Viola sagittata var. sagittata **   Viola sagittata var. sagittata **   Viola sagittata var. sagittata **   Viola sagittata var. sagittata **   Viola sagittata var. sagittata **   Viola sagittata var. sagittata **   Viola sagittata var. sagittata **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 19 Liatris pilosa Liatris pilosa **   Liatris pilosa **   Liatris pilosa **   Liatris pilosa **   Liatris pilosa **   Liatris pilosa **   Liatris pilosa **   Liatris pilosa **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 20 Muhlenbergia capillaris Muhlenbergia capillaris **   Muhlenbergia capillaris **   Muhlenbergia capillaris **   Muhlenbergia capillaris **   Muhlenbergia capillaris **   Muhlenbergia capillaris **   Muhlenbergia capillaris **   Muhlenbergia capillaris **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 21 Pinus virginiana Pinus virginiana **   Pinus virginiana **   Pinus virginiana **   Pinus virginiana **   Pinus virginiana **   Pinus virginiana **   Pinus virginiana **   Pinus virginiana **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 22 Polygala sanguinea Polygala sanguinea **   Polygala sanguinea **   Polygala sanguinea **   Polygala sanguinea **   Polygala sanguinea **   Polygala sanguinea **   Polygala sanguinea **   Polygala sanguinea **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 23 Quercus rubra Quercus rubra **   Quercus rubra **   Quercus rubra **   Quercus rubra **   Quercus rubra **   Quercus rubra **   Quercus rubra **   Quercus rubra **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 24 Symphyotrichum dumosum var. strictior Symphyotrichum dumosum var. strictior **   Symphyotrichum dumosum var. strictior **   Symphyotrichum dumosum var. strictior **   Symphyotrichum dumosum var. strictior **   Symphyotrichum dumosum var. strictior **   Symphyotrichum dumosum var. strictior **   Symphyotrichum dumosum var. strictior **   Symphyotrichum dumosum var. strictior **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 25 Carya ovata Carya ovata **   Carya ovata **   Carya ovata **   Carya ovata **   Carya ovata **   Carya ovata **   Carya ovata **   Carya ovata **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 26 Allium cernuum Allium cernuum **   Allium cernuum **   Allium cernuum **   Allium cernuum **   Allium cernuum **   Allium cernuum **   Allium cernuum **   Allium cernuum **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 27 Coreopsis major Coreopsis major **   Coreopsis major **   Coreopsis major **   Coreopsis major **   Coreopsis major **   Coreopsis major **   Coreopsis major **   Coreopsis major **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 28 Antennaria plantaginifolia Antennaria plantaginifolia **   Antennaria plantaginifolia **   Antennaria plantaginifolia **   Antennaria plantaginifolia **   Antennaria plantaginifolia **   Antennaria plantaginifolia **   Antennaria plantaginifolia **   Antennaria plantaginifolia **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 29 Bryodesma rupestre Bryodesma rupestre **   Bryodesma rupestre **   Bryodesma rupestre **   Bryodesma rupestre **   Bryodesma rupestre **   Bryodesma rupestre **   Bryodesma rupestre **   Bryodesma rupestre **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 30 forb sp. forb sp. **   forb sp. **   forb sp. **   forb sp. **   forb sp. **   forb sp. **   forb sp. **   forb sp. **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 31 Festuca rubra Festuca rubra **   Festuca rubra **   Festuca rubra **   Festuca rubra **   Festuca rubra **   Festuca rubra **   Festuca rubra **   Festuca rubra **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 32 Houstonia caerulea Houstonia caerulea **   Houstonia caerulea **   Houstonia caerulea **   Houstonia caerulea **   Houstonia caerulea **   Houstonia caerulea **   Houstonia caerulea **   Houstonia caerulea **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none-
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