095-CHOH-0001
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Plot ID Fields:
Author Plot Code	095-CHOH-0001
Author Observation Code	095-CHOH-0001
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Confidentiality Status	100 km radius (nearest degree)
Latitude	40 º
Longitude	-78 º
State or Province	West Virginia
Named Places	county: Morgan region|state|province: West Virginia
Layout Fields:
DSG Polygon	20 (X) x 20 (Y)
Shape	Square
Area	400 m²
Permanence	not permanent
Environment Fields:
Elevation	135 m
Topographic Position	Channel
Landform	Channel (below bankfull)
Surficial Deposits	alluvium
Rock Type	alluvium
Landscape Narrative	The island is on the Potomac River and is on a small tract of the Chesepeake and Ohio Canal National Historic Park. A railroad trussel crosses the island ca. 70 m ESE of the plot. The community there appears to be a rich floodplain forest (CEGL4073). Across the back channel to the S there is a steep bank and then a flood terrace with more CEGL4073, to the SW ca. 60 m is a small patch of floodplain forest w Quercus palustris (see plot CHOH.4). At the upper end of the island is a thin Justicia depositional bar, then a small patch of Panicum virgatum prairie then our Sycamore plot. The back channel contains a rooted aquatic community Valesnaria - Zostera (see plot CHOH.2);Open sunny woodland on the upstream end of a river island. The plot consists of a small stand of Platanus occidentalis with flotsom and more open sunny herbaceous areas. The sycamore are surrounded by dense rack of flood piled woody debris. Most of the sycamore are bent over and broken off (flood copiced). The riverside of the plot has many low inclusions of mud flats and standing water w/ Zostera? And Justicia americana.
Representativeness	Small patch of sycamore riverscour woodland. Plot was placed in polygon mapped on CHOH land as an herbaceous depositional bar (HDEP). There is a very small patch of HDEP roughly 10 x 10 m at the upstream edge of the cobble bar.
Hydrologic Regime	temporarily flooded
Percent Bedrock	0 %
Percent Rock / Gravel	52 %
Percent Wood	8 %
Percent Litter	10 %
Percent Bare Soil	30 %
Percent Water	0 %
Percent Other	0 %
Methods Fields:
Observation Start Date	12-Sep-2012
Project	West Virginia NHP
Cover Method	Percentage (%)
Stratum Method	National Park Service
Taxon Observation Area	400 m²
Overall Taxon Cover Values are Automatically Calculated?	no
Plot Quality Fields:
Plot Validation Level	(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
Floristic Quality	complete
Bryophyte Quality	complete (species >=1% cover)
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
--no data--
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative	Platanus occidentalis / Carex sp. - Panicum virgatum riverscour woodland

Taxa occurring on this plot-observation
Change plant label: --Choose a value-- Author's plant name Original Interpretation, full Scientific Name Original Interpretation, Scientific Name without authors Original Interpretation, USDA Code Original Interpretation, Common Name Current Interpretation, full Scientific Name Current Interpretation, Scientific Name without authors Current Interpretation, USDA Code Current Interpretation, Common Name
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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 Platanus occidentalis Platanus occidentalis **   Platanus occidentalis **   Platanus occidentalis **   Platanus occidentalis **   Platanus occidentalis **   Platanus occidentalis **   Platanus occidentalis **   Platanus occidentalis **   Canopy 10 %         DBH DBH err Ht. Ht. Err # 10 cm ± 1 cm     1 stem(s) 10 cm ± 1 cm     1 stem(s) 2 Platanus occidentalis Platanus occidentalis **   Platanus occidentalis **   Platanus occidentalis **   Platanus occidentalis **   Platanus occidentalis **   Platanus occidentalis **   Platanus occidentalis **   Platanus occidentalis **   Tall Shrub 15 %         DBH DBH err Ht. Ht. Err # 9 cm ± 1 cm     1 stem(s) 14 cm ± 1 cm     1 stem(s) 23 cm ± 1 cm     1 stem(s) 3 Acer saccharinum Acer saccharinum **   Acer saccharinum **   Acer saccharinum **   Acer saccharinum **   Acer saccharinum **   Acer saccharinum **   Acer saccharinum **   Acer saccharinum **   Short Shrub 1 %         -none- 4 Betula nigra Betula nigra **   Betula nigra **   Betula nigra **   Betula nigra **   Betula nigra **   Betula nigra **   Betula nigra **   Betula nigra **   Short Shrub 1 %         -none- 5 Carex Carex **   Carex **   Carex **   Carex **   Carex **   Carex **   Carex **   Carex **   Herbaceous 30 %         -none- 6 Panicum virgatum Panicum virgatum **   Panicum virgatum **   Panicum virgatum **   Panicum virgatum **   Panicum virgatum **   Panicum virgatum **   Panicum virgatum **   Panicum virgatum **   Herbaceous 20 %         -none- 7 Polygonum caespitosum var. longisetum Polygonum caespitosum var. longisetum **   Polygonum caespitosum var. longisetum **   Polygonum caespitosum var. longisetum **   Polygonum caespitosum var. longisetum **   Polygonum caespitosum var. longisetum **   Polygonum caespitosum var. longisetum **   Polygonum caespitosum var. longisetum **   Polygonum caespitosum var. longisetum **   Herbaceous 5 %         -none- 8 Polygonum pensylvanicum Polygonum pensylvanicum L. Polygonum pensylvanicum Pennsylvania smartweed Polygonum pensylvanicum **   Polygonum pensylvanicum L. Polygonum pensylvanicum Pennsylvania smartweed Polygonum pensylvanicum **   Herbaceous 5 %         -none- 9 Microstegium vimineum Microstegium vimineum **   Microstegium vimineum **   Microstegium vimineum **   Microstegium vimineum **   Microstegium vimineum **   Microstegium vimineum **   Microstegium vimineum **   Microstegium vimineum **   Herbaceous 3 %         -none- 10 Setaria pumila ssp. pumila Setaria pumila ssp. pumila **   Setaria pumila ssp. pumila **   Setaria pumila ssp. pumila **   Setaria pumila ssp. pumila **   Setaria pumila ssp. pumila **   Setaria pumila ssp. pumila **   Setaria pumila ssp. pumila **   Setaria pumila ssp. pumila **   Herbaceous 3 %         -none- 11 Artemisia annua Artemisia annua **   Artemisia annua **   Artemisia annua **   Artemisia annua **   Artemisia annua **   Artemisia annua **   Artemisia annua **   Artemisia annua **   Herbaceous 2 %         -none- 12 Boehmeria cylindrica Boehmeria cylindrica **   Boehmeria cylindrica **   Boehmeria cylindrica **   Boehmeria cylindrica **   Boehmeria cylindrica **   Boehmeria cylindrica **   Boehmeria cylindrica **   Boehmeria cylindrica **   Herbaceous 2 %         -none- 13 Polygonum scandens var. scandens Polygonum scandens var. scandens **   Polygonum scandens var. scandens **   Polygonum scandens var. scandens **   Polygonum scandens var. scandens **   Polygonum scandens var. scandens **   Polygonum scandens var. scandens **   Polygonum scandens var. scandens **   Polygonum scandens var. scandens **   Herbaceous 2 %         -none- 14 Polygonum punctatum Polygonum punctatum **   Polygonum punctatum **   Polygonum punctatum **   Polygonum punctatum **   Polygonum punctatum **   Polygonum punctatum **   Polygonum punctatum **   Polygonum punctatum **   Herbaceous 2 %         -none- 15 Bidens vulgata Bidens vulgata **   Bidens vulgata **   Bidens vulgata **   Bidens vulgata **   Bidens vulgata **   Bidens vulgata **   Bidens vulgata **   Bidens vulgata **   Herbaceous 1 %         -none- 16 Arthraxon hispidus Arthraxon hispidus **   Arthraxon hispidus **   Arthraxon hispidus **   Arthraxon hispidus **   Arthraxon hispidus **   Arthraxon hispidus **   Arthraxon hispidus **   Arthraxon hispidus **   Herbaceous 1 %         -none- 17 Polygonum cuspidatum Polygonum cuspidatum **   Polygonum cuspidatum **   Polygonum cuspidatum **   Polygonum cuspidatum **   Polygonum cuspidatum **   Polygonum cuspidatum **   Polygonum cuspidatum **   Polygonum cuspidatum **   Herbaceous 1 %         -none- 18 Andropogon gerardii Andropogon gerardii **   Andropogon gerardii **   Andropogon gerardii **   Andropogon gerardii **   Andropogon gerardii **   Andropogon gerardii **   Andropogon gerardii **   Andropogon gerardii **   Herbaceous 1 %         -none- 19 Eupatorium serotinum Eupatorium serotinum **   Eupatorium serotinum **   Eupatorium serotinum **   Eupatorium serotinum **   Eupatorium serotinum **   Eupatorium serotinum **   Eupatorium serotinum **   Eupatorium serotinum **   Herbaceous 1 %         -none- 20 Perilla frutescens Perilla frutescens **   Perilla frutescens **   Perilla frutescens **   Perilla frutescens **   Perilla frutescens **   Perilla frutescens **   Perilla frutescens **   Perilla frutescens **   Herbaceous 0.5 %         -none- 21 Xanthium strumarium var. canadense Xanthium strumarium var. canadense **   Xanthium strumarium var. canadense **   Xanthium strumarium var. canadense **   Xanthium strumarium var. canadense **   Xanthium strumarium var. canadense **   Xanthium strumarium var. canadense **   Xanthium strumarium var. canadense **   Xanthium strumarium var. canadense **   Herbaceous 0.5 %         -none- 22 Asclepias incarnata Asclepias incarnata **   Asclepias incarnata **   Asclepias incarnata **   Asclepias incarnata **   Asclepias incarnata **   Asclepias incarnata **   Asclepias incarnata **   Asclepias incarnata **   Herbaceous 0.5 %         -none- 23 Polygonum perfoliatum Polygonum perfoliatum **   Polygonum perfoliatum **   Polygonum perfoliatum **   Polygonum perfoliatum **   Polygonum perfoliatum **   Polygonum perfoliatum **   Polygonum perfoliatum **   Polygonum perfoliatum **   Herbaceous 0.5 %         -none- 24 Eupatorium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum Eupatorium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum **   Eupatorium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum **   Eupatorium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum **   Eupatorium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum **   Eupatorium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum **   Eupatorium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum **   Eupatorium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum **   Eupatorium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum **   Herbaceous 0.5 %         -none- 25 Cuscuta pentagona var. pentagona Cuscuta pentagona var. pentagona **   Cuscuta pentagona var. pentagona **   Cuscuta pentagona var. pentagona **   Cuscuta pentagona var. pentagona **   Cuscuta pentagona var. pentagona **   Cuscuta pentagona var. pentagona **   Cuscuta pentagona var. pentagona **   Cuscuta pentagona var. pentagona **   Herbaceous 0.5 %         -none- 26 Datura stramonium Datura stramonium **   Datura stramonium **   Datura stramonium **   Datura stramonium **   Datura stramonium **   Datura stramonium **   Datura stramonium **   Datura stramonium **   Herbaceous 0.5 %         -none- 27 Bidens tripartita Bidens tripartita **   Bidens tripartita **   Bidens tripartita **   Bidens tripartita **   Bidens tripartita **   Bidens tripartita **   Bidens tripartita **   Bidens tripartita **   Herbaceous 0.5 %         -none- 28 Echinochloa muricata Echinochloa muricata **   Echinochloa muricata **   Echinochloa muricata **   Echinochloa muricata **   Echinochloa muricata **   Echinochloa muricata **   Echinochloa muricata **   Echinochloa muricata **   Herbaceous 0.5 %         -none- 29 Phyla lanceolata Phyla lanceolata **   Phyla lanceolata **   Phyla lanceolata **   Phyla lanceolata **   Phyla lanceolata **   Phyla lanceolata **   Phyla lanceolata **   Phyla lanceolata **   Herbaceous 0.5 %         -none- 30 Eleocharis Eleocharis **   Eleocharis **   Eleocharis **   Eleocharis **   Eleocharis **   Eleocharis **   Eleocharis **   Eleocharis **   Herbaceous 0.5 %         -none- 31 Cyperus odoratus Cyperus odoratus **   Cyperus odoratus **   Cyperus odoratus **   Cyperus odoratus **   Cyperus odoratus **   Cyperus odoratus **   Cyperus odoratus **   Cyperus odoratus **   Herbaceous 0.5 %         -none- 32 Chasmanthium latifolium Chasmanthium latifolium **   Chasmanthium latifolium **   Chasmanthium latifolium **   Chasmanthium latifolium **   Chasmanthium latifolium **   Chasmanthium latifolium **   Chasmanthium latifolium **   Chasmanthium latifolium **   Herbaceous 0.5 %         -none- 33 Panicum rigidulum ssp. rigidulum Panicum rigidulum ssp. rigidulum **   Panicum rigidulum ssp. rigidulum **   Panicum rigidulum ssp. rigidulum **   Panicum rigidulum ssp. rigidulum **   Panicum rigidulum ssp. rigidulum **   Panicum rigidulum ssp. rigidulum **   Panicum rigidulum ssp. rigidulum **   Panicum rigidulum ssp. rigidulum **   Herbaceous 0.5 %         -none- 34 Cyperus strigosus Cyperus strigosus **   Cyperus strigosus **   Cyperus strigosus **   Cyperus strigosus **   Cyperus strigosus **   Cyperus strigosus **   Cyperus strigosus **   Cyperus strigosus **   Herbaceous 0.5 %         -none- 35 Panicum philadelphicum ssp. gattingeri Panicum philadelphicum ssp. gattingeri **   Panicum philadelphicum ssp. gattingeri **   Panicum philadelphicum ssp. gattingeri **   Panicum philadelphicum ssp. gattingeri **   Panicum philadelphicum ssp. gattingeri **   Panicum philadelphicum ssp. gattingeri **   Panicum philadelphicum ssp. gattingeri **   Panicum philadelphicum ssp. gattingeri **   Herbaceous 0.5 %         -none- 36 Heteranthera dubia Heteranthera dubia **   Heteranthera dubia **   Heteranthera dubia **   Heteranthera dubia **   Heteranthera dubia **   Heteranthera dubia **   Heteranthera dubia **   Heteranthera dubia **   Herbaceous 0.5 %         -none- 37 Impatiens capensis Impatiens capensis **   Impatiens capensis **   Impatiens capensis **   Impatiens capensis **   Impatiens capensis **   Impatiens capensis **   Impatiens capensis **   Impatiens capensis **   Herbaceous 0.5 %         -none- 38 Solanum dulcamara var. dulcamara Solanum dulcamara var. dulcamara **   Solanum dulcamara var. dulcamara **   Solanum dulcamara var. dulcamara **   Solanum dulcamara var. dulcamara **   Solanum dulcamara var. dulcamara **   Solanum dulcamara var. dulcamara **   Solanum dulcamara var. dulcamara **   Solanum dulcamara var. dulcamara **   Herbaceous 0.5 %         -none- 39 Ageratina altissima Ageratina altissima **   Ageratina altissima **   Ageratina altissima **   Ageratina altissima **   Ageratina altissima **   Ageratina altissima **   Ageratina altissima **   Ageratina altissima **   Herbaceous 0.00999999977648258 %         -none- 40 Eupatorium fistulosum Eupatorium fistulosum **   Eupatorium fistulosum **   Eupatorium fistulosum **   Eupatorium fistulosum **   Eupatorium fistulosum **   Eupatorium fistulosum **   Eupatorium fistulosum **   Eupatorium fistulosum **   Herbaceous 0.00999999977648258 %         -none- 41 Ludwigia palustris Ludwigia palustris **   Ludwigia palustris **   Ludwigia palustris **   Ludwigia palustris **   Ludwigia palustris **   Ludwigia palustris **   Ludwigia palustris **   Ludwigia palustris **   Herbaceous 0.00999999977648258 %         -none- 42 Bidens laevis Bidens laevis **   Bidens laevis **   Bidens laevis **   Bidens laevis **   Bidens laevis **   Bidens laevis **   Bidens laevis **   Bidens laevis **   Herbaceous 0.00999999977648258 %         -none- 43 Lycopus virginicus Lycopus virginicus **   Lycopus virginicus **   Lycopus virginicus **   Lycopus virginicus **   Lycopus virginicus **   Lycopus virginicus **   Lycopus virginicus **   Lycopus virginicus **   Herbaceous 0.00999999977648258 %         -none- 44 Coronilla varia Coronilla varia **   Coronilla varia **   Coronilla varia **   Coronilla varia **   Coronilla varia **   Coronilla varia **   Coronilla varia **   Coronilla varia **   Herbaceous 0.00999999977648258 %         -none- 45 Mentha Mentha **   Mentha **   Mentha **   Mentha **   Mentha **   Mentha **   Mentha **   Mentha **   Herbaceous 0.00999999977648258 %         -none- 46 Rumex Rumex **   Rumex **   Rumex **   Rumex **   Rumex **   Rumex **   Rumex **   Rumex **   Herbaceous 0.00999999977648258 %         -none- 47 Oxalis dillenii Oxalis dillenii **   Oxalis dillenii **   Oxalis dillenii **   Oxalis dillenii **   Oxalis dillenii **   Oxalis dillenii **   Oxalis dillenii **   Oxalis dillenii **   Herbaceous 0.00999999977648258 %         -none- 48 Justicia americana Justicia americana **   Justicia americana **   Justicia americana **   Justicia americana **   Justicia americana **   Justicia americana **   Justicia americana **   Justicia americana **   Herbaceous 0.00999999977648258 %         -none- 49 Acalypha rhomboidea Acalypha rhomboidea **   Acalypha rhomboidea **   Acalypha rhomboidea **   Acalypha rhomboidea **   Acalypha rhomboidea **   Acalypha rhomboidea **   Acalypha rhomboidea **   Acalypha rhomboidea **   Herbaceous 0.00999999977648258 %         -none- 50 Conoclinium coelestinum Conoclinium coelestinum **   Conoclinium coelestinum **   Conoclinium coelestinum **   Conoclinium coelestinum **   Conoclinium coelestinum **   Conoclinium coelestinum **   Conoclinium coelestinum **   Conoclinium coelestinum **   Herbaceous 0.00999999977648258 %         -none- 51 Rorippa Rorippa **   Rorippa **   Rorippa **   Rorippa **   Rorippa **   Rorippa **   Rorippa **   Rorippa **   Herbaceous 0.00999999977648258 %         -none- 52 Verbesina alternifolia Verbesina alternifolia **   Verbesina alternifolia **   Verbesina alternifolia **   Verbesina alternifolia **   Verbesina alternifolia **   Verbesina alternifolia **   Verbesina alternifolia **   Verbesina alternifolia **   Herbaceous 0.00999999977648258 %         -none- 53 Verbena urticifolia Verbena urticifolia **   Verbena urticifolia **   Verbena urticifolia **   Verbena urticifolia **   Verbena urticifolia **   Verbena urticifolia **   Verbena urticifolia **   Verbena urticifolia **   Herbaceous 0.00999999977648258 %         -none- 54 Dichanthelium clandestinum Dichanthelium clandestinum **   Dichanthelium clandestinum **   Dichanthelium clandestinum **   Dichanthelium clandestinum **   Dichanthelium clandestinum **   Dichanthelium clandestinum **   Dichanthelium clandestinum **   Dichanthelium clandestinum **   Herbaceous 0.00999999977648258 %         -none- 55 Melilotus officinalis Melilotus officinalis **   Melilotus officinalis **   Melilotus officinalis **   Melilotus officinalis **   Melilotus officinalis **   Melilotus officinalis **   Melilotus officinalis **   Melilotus officinalis **   Herbaceous 0.00999999977648258 %         -none- 56 Cyperus esculentus var. leptostachyus Cyperus esculentus var. leptostachyus **   Cyperus esculentus var. leptostachyus **   Cyperus esculentus var. leptostachyus **   Cyperus esculentus var. leptostachyus **   Cyperus esculentus var. leptostachyus **   Cyperus esculentus var. leptostachyus **   Cyperus esculentus var. leptostachyus **   Cyperus esculentus var. leptostachyus **   Herbaceous 0.00999999977648258 %         -none- 57 Hypericum mutilum Hypericum mutilum **   Hypericum mutilum **   Hypericum mutilum **   Hypericum mutilum **   Hypericum mutilum **   Hypericum mutilum **   Hypericum mutilum **   Hypericum mutilum **   Herbaceous 0.00999999977648258 %         -none- 58 Platanus occidentalis Platanus occidentalis **   Platanus occidentalis **   Platanus occidentalis **   Platanus occidentalis **   Platanus occidentalis **   Platanus occidentalis **   Platanus occidentalis **   Platanus occidentalis **   Tree 30 %         -none-
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Stratum Definitions:
Stratum Type Stratum Base Stratum Height Stratum Cover Herbaceous 0.5 m 1 m 80 % Short Shrub 0.5 m 1 m 5 % Tall Shrub 1 m 2 m 20 % Canopy 5 m 10 m 10 % Tree
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