085-KERR-0010
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Plot ID Fields:
Author Plot Code	085-KERR-0010
Author Observation Code	085-KERR-0010
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Confidentiality Status	100 km radius (nearest degree)
Latitude	37 º
Longitude	-79 º
State or Province	Virginia
Named Places	county: Mecklenburg region|state|province: Virginia
Layout Fields:
DSG Polygon	10 x 40 m
Area	400 m²
Permanence	not permanent
Environment Fields:
Elevation	105 m
Slope Aspect	220 º
Slope Gradient	26 º
Topographic Position	middle slope
Soil Moisture Regime	somewhat xeric
Soil Drainage	well drained
Methods Fields:
Observation Start Date	11-Aug-1997
Observation End Date	11-Aug-1997
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:
Tree Cover	50 %
Shrub Cover	70 %
Field Cover	50 %
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative	The habitat is a steep, convex, southwest facing slope fronting the Kerr Reservoir. Several similar slope "noses" are located nearby and support similar vegetation and gnarled canopy trees of Quercus stellata and Q. muhlenbergii. The area is underlain by Buffalo Granite, which is abundantly exposed where the slopes were abruptly undercut during creation of the reservoir impoundment. The plot is located just upslope of this abrupt cut and represents the remnant of what may have been a larger dry forest/woodland which probably extended far downslope prior to the creation of the reservoir. The vegetation is highly unusual in the prominence of a number of calciphilic or basidophilic species (e.g. Q. muhlenbergii, Salvia urticifolia, Ruellia purshiana, Tragia urticifolia, Arabis canadensis, etc.) on granite. Overall floristic composition is similar to that of piedmont oak-hickory forests on mafic substrates such as gabbro and greenstone. Measured trees (dbh in cm.): Quercus stellata (50.7), Q. muhlenbergii (68.6).

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 Ostrya virginiana Ostrya virginiana **   Ostrya virginiana **   Ostrya virginiana **   Ostrya virginiana **   Ostrya virginiana **   Ostrya virginiana **   Ostrya virginiana **   Ostrya virginiana **   -all-   37.5 % 7       -none- 2 Fraxinus americana Fraxinus americana **   Fraxinus americana **   Fraxinus americana **   Fraxinus americana **   Fraxinus americana **   Fraxinus americana **   Fraxinus americana **   Fraxinus americana **   -all-   17.5 % 6       -none- 3 Quercus muehlenbergii Quercus muehlenbergii **   Quercus muehlenbergii **   Quercus muehlenbergii **   Quercus muehlenbergii **   Quercus muehlenbergii **   Quercus muehlenbergii **   Quercus muehlenbergii **   Quercus muehlenbergii **   -all-   17.5 % 6       -none- 4 Quercus stellata Quercus stellata **   Quercus stellata **   Quercus stellata **   Quercus stellata **   Quercus stellata **   Quercus stellata **   Quercus stellata **   Quercus stellata **   -all-   17.5 % 6       -none- 5 Bignonia capreolata Bignonia capreolata **   Bignonia capreolata **   Bignonia capreolata **   Bignonia capreolata **   Bignonia capreolata **   Bignonia capreolata **   Bignonia capreolata **   Bignonia capreolata **   -all-   17.5 % 6       -none- 6 Ulmus alata Ulmus alata **   Ulmus alata **   Ulmus alata **   Ulmus alata **   Ulmus alata **   Ulmus alata **   Ulmus alata **   Ulmus alata **   -all-   17.5 % 6       -none- 7 Carya tomentosa Carya tomentosa **   Carya tomentosa **   Carya tomentosa **   Carya tomentosa **   Carya tomentosa **   Carya tomentosa **   Carya tomentosa **   Carya tomentosa **   -all-   17.5 % 6       -none- 8 Cercis canadensis var. canadensis Cercis canadensis var. canadensis **   Cercis canadensis var. canadensis **   Cercis canadensis var. canadensis **   Cercis canadensis var. canadensis **   Cercis canadensis var. canadensis **   Cercis canadensis var. canadensis **   Cercis canadensis var. canadensis **   Cercis canadensis var. canadensis **   -all-   7.5 % 5       -none- 9 Vitis rotundifolia var. rotundifolia Vitis rotundifolia var. rotundifolia **   Vitis rotundifolia var. rotundifolia **   Vitis rotundifolia var. rotundifolia **   Vitis rotundifolia var. rotundifolia **   Vitis rotundifolia var. rotundifolia **   Vitis rotundifolia var. rotundifolia **   Vitis rotundifolia var. rotundifolia **   Vitis rotundifolia var. rotundifolia **   -all-   7.5 % 5       -none- 10 Piptochaetium avenaceum Piptochaetium avenaceum **   Piptochaetium avenaceum **   Piptochaetium avenaceum **   Piptochaetium avenaceum **   Piptochaetium avenaceum **   Piptochaetium avenaceum **   Piptochaetium avenaceum **   Piptochaetium avenaceum **   -all-   7.5 % 5       -none- 11 Toxicodendron radicans Toxicodendron radicans **   Toxicodendron radicans **   Toxicodendron radicans **   Toxicodendron radicans **   Toxicodendron radicans **   Toxicodendron radicans **   Toxicodendron radicans **   Toxicodendron radicans **   -all-   3.5 % 4       -none- 12 Robinia pseudoacacia Robinia pseudoacacia **   Robinia pseudoacacia **   Robinia pseudoacacia **   Robinia pseudoacacia **   Robinia pseudoacacia **   Robinia pseudoacacia **   Robinia pseudoacacia **   Robinia pseudoacacia **   -all-   3.5 % 4       -none- 13 Quercus rubra Quercus rubra **   Quercus rubra **   Quercus rubra **   Quercus rubra **   Quercus rubra **   Quercus rubra **   Quercus rubra **   Quercus rubra **   -all-   3.5 % 4       -none- 14 Danthonia spicata Danthonia spicata **   Danthonia spicata **   Danthonia spicata **   Danthonia spicata **   Danthonia spicata **   Danthonia spicata **   Danthonia spicata **   Danthonia spicata **   -all-   3.5 % 4       -none- 15 Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana **   Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana **   Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana **   Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana **   Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana **   Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana **   Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana **   Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana **   -all-   3.5 % 4       -none- 16 Toxicodendron pubescens Toxicodendron pubescens **   Toxicodendron pubescens **   Toxicodendron pubescens **   Toxicodendron pubescens **   Toxicodendron pubescens **   Toxicodendron pubescens **   Toxicodendron pubescens **   Toxicodendron pubescens **   -all-   1.5 % 3       -none- 17 Liquidambar styraciflua Liquidambar styraciflua **   Liquidambar styraciflua **   Liquidambar styraciflua **   Liquidambar styraciflua **   Liquidambar styraciflua **   Liquidambar styraciflua **   Liquidambar styraciflua **   Liquidambar styraciflua **   -all-   1.5 % 3       -none- 18 Parthenocissus quinquefolia Parthenocissus quinquefolia **   Parthenocissus quinquefolia **   Parthenocissus quinquefolia **   Parthenocissus quinquefolia **   Parthenocissus quinquefolia **   Parthenocissus quinquefolia **   Parthenocissus quinquefolia **   Parthenocissus quinquefolia **   -all-   1.5 % 3       -none- 19 Bromus pubescens Bromus pubescens **   Bromus pubescens **   Bromus pubescens **   Bromus pubescens **   Bromus pubescens **   Bromus pubescens **   Bromus pubescens **   Bromus pubescens **   -all-   1.5 % 3       -none- 20 Carex physorhyncha Carex physorhyncha **   Carex physorhyncha **   Carex physorhyncha **   Carex physorhyncha **   Carex physorhyncha **   Carex physorhyncha **   Carex physorhyncha **   Carex physorhyncha **   -all-   1.5 % 3       -none- 21 Asplenium platyneuron Asplenium platyneuron **   Asplenium platyneuron **   Asplenium platyneuron **   Asplenium platyneuron **   Asplenium platyneuron **   Asplenium platyneuron **   Asplenium platyneuron **   Asplenium platyneuron **   -all-   1.5 % 3       -none- 22 Dichanthelium boscii Dichanthelium boscii **   Dichanthelium boscii **   Dichanthelium boscii **   Dichanthelium boscii **   Dichanthelium boscii **   Dichanthelium boscii **   Dichanthelium boscii **   Dichanthelium boscii **   -all-   1.5 % 3       -none- 23 Clitoria mariana var. mariana Clitoria mariana var. mariana **   Clitoria mariana var. mariana **   Clitoria mariana var. mariana **   Clitoria mariana var. mariana **   Clitoria mariana var. mariana **   Clitoria mariana var. mariana **   Clitoria mariana var. mariana **   Clitoria mariana var. mariana **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 24 Boechera canadensis Boechera canadensis **   Boechera canadensis **   Boechera canadensis **   Boechera canadensis **   Boechera canadensis **   Boechera canadensis **   Boechera canadensis **   Boechera canadensis **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 25 Geum virginianum Geum virginianum **   Geum virginianum **   Geum virginianum **   Geum virginianum **   Geum virginianum **   Geum virginianum **   Geum virginianum **   Geum virginianum **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 26 Ruellia purshiana Ruellia purshiana **   Ruellia purshiana **   Ruellia purshiana **   Ruellia purshiana **   Ruellia purshiana **   Ruellia purshiana **   Ruellia purshiana **   Ruellia purshiana **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 27 Polygonatum biflorum var. biflorum Polygonatum biflorum var. biflorum **   Polygonatum biflorum var. biflorum **   Polygonatum biflorum var. biflorum **   Polygonatum biflorum var. biflorum **   Polygonatum biflorum var. biflorum **   Polygonatum biflorum var. biflorum **   Polygonatum biflorum var. biflorum **   Polygonatum biflorum var. biflorum **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 28 Nuttallanthus canadensis Nuttallanthus canadensis **   Nuttallanthus canadensis **   Nuttallanthus canadensis **   Nuttallanthus canadensis **   Nuttallanthus canadensis **   Nuttallanthus canadensis **   Nuttallanthus canadensis **   Nuttallanthus canadensis **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 29 Acer rubrum Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 30 Morus rubra Morus rubra **   Morus rubra **   Morus rubra **   Morus rubra **   Morus rubra **   Morus rubra **   Morus rubra **   Morus rubra **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 31 Endodeca serpentaria Endodeca serpentaria **   Endodeca serpentaria **   Endodeca serpentaria **   Endodeca serpentaria **   Endodeca serpentaria **   Endodeca serpentaria **   Endodeca serpentaria **   Endodeca serpentaria **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 32 Symphoricarpos orbiculatus Symphoricarpos orbiculatus **   Symphoricarpos orbiculatus **   Symphoricarpos orbiculatus **   Symphoricarpos orbiculatus **   Symphoricarpos orbiculatus **   Symphoricarpos orbiculatus **   Symphoricarpos orbiculatus **   Symphoricarpos orbiculatus **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 33 Commelina erecta Commelina erecta **   Commelina erecta **   Commelina erecta **   Commelina erecta **   Commelina erecta **   Commelina erecta **   Commelina erecta **   Commelina erecta **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 34 Boechera laevigata Boechera laevigata **   Boechera laevigata **   Boechera laevigata **   Boechera laevigata **   Boechera laevigata **   Boechera laevigata **   Boechera laevigata **   Boechera laevigata **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 35 Galium circaezans Galium circaezans **   Galium circaezans **   Galium circaezans **   Galium circaezans **   Galium circaezans **   Galium circaezans **   Galium circaezans **   Galium circaezans **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 36 Uvularia perfoliata Uvularia perfoliata **   Uvularia perfoliata **   Uvularia perfoliata **   Uvularia perfoliata **   Uvularia perfoliata **   Uvularia perfoliata **   Uvularia perfoliata **   Uvularia perfoliata **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 37 Oxalis florida Oxalis florida **   Oxalis florida **   Oxalis florida **   Oxalis florida **   Oxalis florida **   Oxalis florida **   Oxalis florida **   Oxalis florida **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 38 Carex striatula Carex striatula **   Carex striatula **   Carex striatula **   Carex striatula **   Carex striatula **   Carex striatula **   Carex striatula **   Carex striatula **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 39 Salvia urticifolia Salvia urticifolia **   Salvia urticifolia **   Salvia urticifolia **   Salvia urticifolia **   Salvia urticifolia **   Salvia urticifolia **   Salvia urticifolia **   Salvia urticifolia **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 40 Ailanthus altissima Ailanthus altissima **   Ailanthus altissima **   Ailanthus altissima **   Ailanthus altissima **   Ailanthus altissima **   Ailanthus altissima **   Ailanthus altissima **   Ailanthus altissima **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 41 Scutellaria elliptica Scutellaria elliptica **   Scutellaria elliptica **   Scutellaria elliptica **   Scutellaria elliptica **   Scutellaria elliptica **   Scutellaria elliptica **   Scutellaria elliptica **   Scutellaria elliptica **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 42 Dichanthelium commutatum Dichanthelium commutatum **   Dichanthelium commutatum **   Dichanthelium commutatum **   Dichanthelium commutatum **   Dichanthelium commutatum **   Dichanthelium commutatum **   Dichanthelium commutatum **   Dichanthelium commutatum **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 43 Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium **   Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium **   Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium **   Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium **   Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium **   Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium **   Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium **   Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none-
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