085-FRAN-0003
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Plot ID Fields:
Author Plot Code	085-FRAN-0003
Author Observation Code	085-FRAN-0003
Location Fields:	MAP: Google | Yahoo | TopoZone | MapQuest
Confidentiality Status	100 km radius (nearest degree)
Latitude	37 º
Longitude	-80 º
State or Province	Virginia
Named Places	county: Franklin county: Franklin region|state|province: Virginia
Layout Fields:
DSG Polygon	10 x 10 m
Area	100 m²
Permanence	not permanent
Environment Fields:
Elevation	413 m
Slope Aspect	315 º
Slope Gradient	31 º
Topographic Position	upper slope
Hydrologic Regime	terrestrial (upland)
Soil Moisture Regime	very xeric
Soil Drainage	rapidly drained
Methods Fields:
Observation Start Date	29-May-1992
Observation End Date	29-May-1992
Project	Virginia Heritage
Cover Method	Carolina Vegetation Survey
Stratum Method	No Strata
Method Narrative	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:
Field Height	1 m
Field Cover	5 %
Nonvascular Cover	90 %
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative	This plot consists almost entirely of lichen covered bedrock. Though technically regarded as a scarcely vegetated physiognomic type, the plants present suggest that this is a more variant type of a Talinum mengesii- Minuartia glabra- Selaginella rupestris community type.

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 Phemeranthus piedmontanus Phemeranthus piedmontanus **   Phemeranthus piedmontanus **   Phemeranthus piedmontanus **   Phemeranthus piedmontanus **   Phemeranthus piedmontanus **   Phemeranthus piedmontanus **   Phemeranthus piedmontanus **   Phemeranthus piedmontanus **   -all-   1.5 % 3       -none- 2 Bryodesma rupestre Bryodesma rupestre **   Bryodesma rupestre **   Bryodesma rupestre **   Bryodesma rupestre **   Bryodesma rupestre **   Bryodesma rupestre **   Bryodesma rupestre **   Bryodesma rupestre **   -all-   1.5 % 3       -none- 3 Paronychia argyrocoma Paronychia argyrocoma **   Paronychia argyrocoma **   Paronychia argyrocoma **   Paronychia argyrocoma **   Paronychia argyrocoma **   Paronychia argyrocoma **   Paronychia argyrocoma **   Paronychia argyrocoma **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 4 Polygonum tenue Polygonum tenue **   Polygonum tenue **   Polygonum tenue **   Polygonum tenue **   Polygonum tenue **   Polygonum tenue **   Polygonum tenue **   Polygonum tenue **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 5 Minuartia glabra Minuartia glabra **   Minuartia glabra **   Minuartia glabra **   Minuartia glabra **   Minuartia glabra **   Minuartia glabra **   Minuartia glabra **   Minuartia glabra **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 6 Nuttallanthus canadensis Nuttallanthus canadensis **   Nuttallanthus canadensis **   Nuttallanthus canadensis **   Nuttallanthus canadensis **   Nuttallanthus canadensis **   Nuttallanthus canadensis **   Nuttallanthus canadensis **   Nuttallanthus canadensis **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 7 Aristida curtissii Aristida curtissii **   Aristida curtissii **   Aristida curtissii **   Aristida curtissii **   Aristida curtissii **   Aristida curtissii **   Aristida curtissii **   Aristida curtissii **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 8 Andropogon virginicus var. virginicus Andropogon virginicus var. virginicus **   Andropogon virginicus var. virginicus **   Andropogon virginicus var. virginicus **   Andropogon virginicus var. virginicus **   Andropogon virginicus var. virginicus **   Andropogon virginicus var. virginicus **   Andropogon virginicus var. virginicus **   Andropogon virginicus var. virginicus **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none-
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