095-MONF-0515
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Plot ID Fields:
Author Plot Code	095-MONF-0515
Author Observation Code	095-MONF-0515
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Confidentiality Status	100 km radius (nearest degree)
Latitude	39 º
Longitude	-80 º
State or Province	West Virginia
Named Places	county: Randolph 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	1063 m
Slope Aspect	260 º
Slope Gradient	5 º
Topographic Position	High level
Landform	Bedrock outcrop/cliff/bluff
Surficial Deposits	sandstone
Rock Type	sandstone
Landscape Narrative	Exposed sandstone point on W flank of Shavers Mountain, overlooking Otter Creek.;Conglomerate sandstone boulder pile. Open rocky areas are dominated by lichen cover, areas with lows and cracks that have allowed organic debris to collect are home to trees and shrubs. The community is a stunted red spruce - hemlock / great laurel - mtn laurel / Lasallia papulosa - Umblicaria muhlenbergia woodland.
Representativeness	Small patch of open bouldertop conifer / heath woodland. Plot is spread out across the tops of several large boulders.
Hydrologic Regime	somewhat moist
Percent Bedrock	90 %
Percent Rock / Gravel	0 %
Percent Wood	5 %
Percent Litter	5 %
Percent Bare Soil	0 %
Percent Water	0 %
Percent Other	0 %
Methods Fields:
Observation Start Date	23-Mar-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	Picea rubens - Tsuga canadensis / Rhododendron maximum - Kalmia latifolia / Lasallia papulosa - Umbilicaria muhlenbergia boulderpile

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 Picea rubens Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Tall Shrub 5 %         DBH DBH err Ht. Ht. Err # 9 cm ± 1 cm     1 stem(s) 11 cm ± 1 cm     1 stem(s) 2 Rhododendron maximum Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Tall Shrub 3 %         -none- 3 Acer rubrum Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Tall Shrub 3 %         DBH DBH err Ht. Ht. Err # 7 cm ± 1 cm     1 stem(s) 9 cm ± 1 cm     1 stem(s) 4 Tsuga canadensis Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tall Shrub 2 %         -none- 5 Kalmia latifolia Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Tall Shrub 2 %         -none- 6 Rhododendron maximum Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Short Shrub 2 %         -none- 7 Picea rubens Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Short Shrub 2 %         -none- 8 Kalmia latifolia Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Short Shrub 1 %         -none- 9 Tsuga canadensis Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Short Shrub 1 %         -none- 10 Acer rubrum Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Short Shrub 0.5 %         -none- 11 asphault lichen asphault lichen **   asphault lichen **   asphault lichen **   asphault lichen **   asphault lichen **   asphault lichen **   asphault lichen **   asphault lichen **   Nonvascular 20 %         -none- 12 Polytrichum pallidisetum Polytrichum pallidisetum **   Polytrichum pallidisetum **   Polytrichum pallidisetum **   Polytrichum pallidisetum **   Polytrichum pallidisetum **   Polytrichum pallidisetum **   Polytrichum pallidisetum **   Polytrichum pallidisetum **   Nonvascular 3 %         -none- 13 crustose lichen crustose lichen **   crustose lichen **   crustose lichen **   crustose lichen **   crustose lichen **   crustose lichen **   crustose lichen **   crustose lichen **   Nonvascular 1 %         -none- 14 Rhizocarpon reductum Rhizocarpon reductum **   Rhizocarpon reductum **   Rhizocarpon reductum **   Rhizocarpon reductum **   Rhizocarpon reductum **   Rhizocarpon reductum **   Rhizocarpon reductum **   Rhizocarpon reductum **   Nonvascular 1 %         -none- 15 Trapeliopsis granulosa Trapeliopsis granulosa **   Trapeliopsis granulosa **   Trapeliopsis granulosa **   Trapeliopsis granulosa **   Trapeliopsis granulosa **   Trapeliopsis granulosa **   Trapeliopsis granulosa **   Trapeliopsis granulosa **   Nonvascular 0.5 %         -none- 16 Cladonia rangiferina Cladonia rangiferina **   Cladonia rangiferina **   Cladonia rangiferina **   Cladonia rangiferina **   Cladonia rangiferina **   Cladonia rangiferina **   Cladonia rangiferina **   Cladonia rangiferina **   Nonvascular 0.5 %         -none- 17 Bazzania trilobata Bazzania trilobata **   Bazzania trilobata **   Bazzania trilobata **   Bazzania trilobata **   Bazzania trilobata **   Bazzania trilobata **   Bazzania trilobata **   Bazzania trilobata **   Nonvascular 0.5 %         -none- 18 Hypnum imponens Hypnum imponens **   Hypnum imponens **   Hypnum imponens **   Hypnum imponens **   Hypnum imponens **   Hypnum imponens **   Hypnum imponens **   Hypnum imponens **   Nonvascular 0.5 %         -none- 19 Dicranum scoparium Dicranum scoparium **   Dicranum scoparium **   Dicranum scoparium **   Dicranum scoparium **   Dicranum scoparium **   Dicranum scoparium **   Dicranum scoparium **   Dicranum scoparium **   Nonvascular 0.5 %         -none- 20 Cladonia arbuscula Cladonia arbuscula **   Cladonia arbuscula **   Cladonia arbuscula **   Cladonia arbuscula **   Cladonia arbuscula **   Cladonia arbuscula **   Cladonia arbuscula **   Cladonia arbuscula **   Nonvascular 0.5 %         -none- 21 Sarcogyne clavus Sarcogyne clavus **   Sarcogyne clavus **   Sarcogyne clavus **   Sarcogyne clavus **   Sarcogyne clavus **   Sarcogyne clavus **   Sarcogyne clavus **   Sarcogyne clavus **   Nonvascular 0.5 %         -none- 22 Leucobryum glaucum Leucobryum glaucum **   Leucobryum glaucum **   Leucobryum glaucum **   Leucobryum glaucum **   Leucobryum glaucum **   Leucobryum glaucum **   Leucobryum glaucum **   Leucobryum glaucum **   Nonvascular 0.5 %         -none- 23 Cladonia macilenta var. macilenta Cladonia macilenta var. macilenta **   Cladonia macilenta var. macilenta **   Cladonia macilenta var. macilenta **   Cladonia macilenta var. macilenta **   Cladonia macilenta var. macilenta **   Cladonia macilenta var. macilenta **   Cladonia macilenta var. macilenta **   Cladonia macilenta var. macilenta **   Nonvascular 0.5 %         -none- 24 Acarospora fuscata Acarospora fuscata **   Acarospora fuscata **   Acarospora fuscata **   Acarospora fuscata **   Acarospora fuscata **   Acarospora fuscata **   Acarospora fuscata **   Acarospora fuscata **   Nonvascular 0.00999999977648258 %         -none- 25 Cladonia squamosa Cladonia squamosa **   Cladonia squamosa **   Cladonia squamosa **   Cladonia squamosa **   Cladonia squamosa **   Cladonia squamosa **   Cladonia squamosa **   Cladonia squamosa **   Nonvascular 0.00999999977648258 %         -none- 26 Picea rubens Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Tree 7 %         -none- 27 Rhododendron maximum Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Tree 5 %         -none- 28 Tsuga canadensis Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tree 3 %         -none- 29 Kalmia latifolia Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Tree 3 %         -none-
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Stratum Definitions:
Stratum Type Stratum Base Stratum Height Stratum Cover Short Shrub 0 m 0.5 m 10 % Tall Shrub 1 m 2 m 20 % Tree       Nonvascular     70 %
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