095-MONF-0580
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Plot ID Fields:
Author Plot Code	095-MONF-0580
Author Observation Code	095-MONF-0580
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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	irregular
Area	400 m²
Permanence	not permanent
Environment Fields:
Elevation	731 m
Slope Aspect	198 º
Slope Gradient	8 º
Topographic Position	Midslope
Landform	Bedrock outcrop/cliff/bluff
Surficial Deposits	limestone
Rock Type	shale
Landscape Narrative	Limestone outcropping owned by the USFS Monongahela National Forest. CR Rd 33/8 is located ca. 75 m downslope from cliff. Below that is the Shavers Fork River. Across the river is a large cleared floodplain covered in campers. US Rt 33 is located ca. 0.4 miles S of plot. The cliff can be observed from Rt 33. The forest below the cliff is rich oak - hickory w/ red oak, sugar maple, shagbark and bitternut hickories. This is one of the nicest limestone cliffs I have observed. Large and undisturbed. Above the cliff Trillium nivale was found growing in a drier red oak - white oak / sugar maple / hophornbeam forest. Up river is the Bowden Fish Hatchery.;Large exposed limestone outcrop with overhangs and ledges. Large center ledge is moist and somewhat shady with a constant drip. The cliff itself is sparsely covered with mosses and lichens. The lichens and mosses are confined to the more stable substrates. The rock appears to occassionally exfoliate due to the freeze thaw process, exposing fresh bare rock. Ledges are home to several herbaceous plants as well as a few shrubs and vines. However there is only 1 large tree rooted in the plot. It is at the very base but offers little cover. There are also a few overhanging trees from the top. Site should be visited later in growing season.
Representativeness	Large undisutrbed outcrop of Greenbrier limestone. Similar to plot MONF.522, within Coberly Sods cove. However here the rock is larger and considerably more exposed.
Hydrologic Regime	moist
Percent Bedrock	98 %
Percent Rock / Gravel	1 %
Percent Wood	0.00999999977648258 %
Percent Litter	1 %
Percent Bare Soil	0 %
Percent Water	0 %
Percent Other	0 %
Name Other	20m cliff with 5% ledges and 1
Methods Fields:
Observation Start Date	19-Mar-2014
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:
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Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative	dust lichen - moss covered limestone cliff

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 Acer saccharum var. saccharum Acer saccharum var. saccharum **   Acer saccharum var. saccharum **   Acer saccharum var. saccharum **   Acer saccharum var. saccharum **   Acer saccharum var. saccharum **   Acer saccharum var. saccharum **   Acer saccharum var. saccharum **   Acer saccharum var. saccharum **   Canopy 3 %         DBH DBH err Ht. Ht. Err # 42 cm ± 1 cm     1 stem(s) 2 Vitis Vitis **   Vitis **   Vitis **   Vitis **   Vitis **   Vitis **   Vitis **   Vitis **   Tall Shrub 0.5 %         -none- 3 Rubus occidentalis Rubus occidentalis **   Rubus occidentalis **   Rubus occidentalis **   Rubus occidentalis **   Rubus occidentalis **   Rubus occidentalis **   Rubus occidentalis **   Rubus occidentalis **   Tall Shrub 0.5 %         -none- 4 Quercus alba Quercus alba **   Quercus alba **   Quercus alba **   Quercus alba **   Quercus alba **   Quercus alba **   Quercus alba **   Quercus alba **   Tall Shrub 0.5 %         -none- 5 Fraxinus americana Fraxinus americana **   Fraxinus americana **   Fraxinus americana **   Fraxinus americana **   Fraxinus americana **   Fraxinus americana **   Fraxinus americana **   Fraxinus americana **   Tall Shrub 0.5 %         -none- 6 Quercus rubra Quercus rubra **   Quercus rubra **   Quercus rubra **   Quercus rubra **   Quercus rubra **   Quercus rubra **   Quercus rubra **   Quercus rubra **   Tall Shrub 0.00999999977648258 %         -none- 7 Rubus occidentalis Rubus occidentalis **   Rubus occidentalis **   Rubus occidentalis **   Rubus occidentalis **   Rubus occidentalis **   Rubus occidentalis **   Rubus occidentalis **   Rubus occidentalis **   Short Shrub 0.5 %         -none- 8 Vitis Vitis **   Vitis **   Vitis **   Vitis **   Vitis **   Vitis **   Vitis **   Vitis **   Short Shrub 0.5 %         -none- 9 Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana **   Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana **   Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana **   Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana **   Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana **   Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana **   Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana **   Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana **   Short Shrub 0.00999999977648258 %         -none- 10 Sedum ternatum Sedum ternatum **   Sedum ternatum **   Sedum ternatum **   Sedum ternatum **   Sedum ternatum **   Sedum ternatum **   Sedum ternatum **   Sedum ternatum **   Herbaceous 0.5 %         -none- 11 Cystopteris bulbifera Cystopteris bulbifera **   Cystopteris bulbifera **   Cystopteris bulbifera **   Cystopteris bulbifera **   Cystopteris bulbifera **   Cystopteris bulbifera **   Cystopteris bulbifera **   Cystopteris bulbifera **   Herbaceous 0.00999999977648258 %         -none- 12 Dichanthelium Dichanthelium **   Dichanthelium **   Dichanthelium **   Dichanthelium **   Dichanthelium **   Dichanthelium **   Dichanthelium **   Dichanthelium **   Herbaceous 0.00999999977648258 %         -none- 13 Eurybia Eurybia **   Eurybia **   Eurybia **   Eurybia **   Eurybia **   Eurybia **   Eurybia **   Eurybia **   Herbaceous 0.00999999977648258 %         -none- 14 Solidago Solidago **   Solidago **   Solidago **   Solidago **   Solidago **   Solidago **   Solidago **   Solidago **   Herbaceous 0.00999999977648258 %         -none- 15 Carex Carex **   Carex **   Carex **   Carex **   Carex **   Carex **   Carex **   Carex **   Herbaceous 0.00999999977648258 %         -none- 16 Zizia Zizia **   Zizia **   Zizia **   Zizia **   Zizia **   Zizia **   Zizia **   Zizia **   Herbaceous 0.00999999977648258 %         -none- 17 Pellaea atropurpurea Pellaea atropurpurea **   Pellaea atropurpurea **   Pellaea atropurpurea **   Pellaea atropurpurea **   Pellaea atropurpurea **   Pellaea atropurpurea **   Pellaea atropurpurea **   Pellaea atropurpurea **   Herbaceous 0.00999999977648258 %         -none- 18 Aquilegia canadensis Aquilegia canadensis **   Aquilegia canadensis **   Aquilegia canadensis **   Aquilegia canadensis **   Aquilegia canadensis **   Aquilegia canadensis **   Aquilegia canadensis **   Aquilegia canadensis **   Herbaceous 0.00999999977648258 %         -none- 19 Ranunculus Ranunculus **   Ranunculus **   Ranunculus **   Ranunculus **   Ranunculus **   Ranunculus **   Ranunculus **   Ranunculus **   Herbaceous 0.00999999977648258 %         -none- 20 Packera obovata Packera obovata **   Packera obovata **   Packera obovata **   Packera obovata **   Packera obovata **   Packera obovata **   Packera obovata **   Packera obovata **   Herbaceous 0.00999999977648258 %         -none- 21 Caloplaca flavoctrina Caloplaca flavoctrina **   Caloplaca flavoctrina **   Caloplaca flavoctrina **   Caloplaca flavoctrina **   Caloplaca flavoctrina **   Caloplaca flavoctrina **   Caloplaca flavoctrina **   Caloplaca flavoctrina **   Nonvascular 3 %         -none- 22 Lepraria disjuncta Lepraria disjuncta **   Lepraria disjuncta **   Lepraria disjuncta **   Lepraria disjuncta **   Lepraria disjuncta **   Lepraria disjuncta **   Lepraria disjuncta **   Lepraria disjuncta **   Nonvascular 3 %         -none- 23 Verrucaria sp. Verrucaria sp. **   Verrucaria sp. **   Verrucaria sp. **   Verrucaria sp. **   Verrucaria sp. **   Verrucaria sp. **   Verrucaria sp. **   Verrucaria sp. **   Nonvascular 2 %         -none- 24 moss 1 on dry limestone moss 1 on dry limestone **   moss 1 on dry limestone **   moss 1 on dry limestone **   moss 1 on dry limestone **   moss 1 on dry limestone **   moss 1 on dry limestone **   moss 1 on dry limestone **   moss 1 on dry limestone **   Nonvascular 1 %         -none- 25 Caloplaca cirrochroa Caloplaca cirrochroa **   Caloplaca cirrochroa **   Caloplaca cirrochroa **   Caloplaca cirrochroa **   Caloplaca cirrochroa **   Caloplaca cirrochroa **   Caloplaca cirrochroa **   Caloplaca cirrochroa **   Nonvascular 1 %         -none- 26 black moss on dry limestone black moss on dry limestone **   black moss on dry limestone **   black moss on dry limestone **   black moss on dry limestone **   black moss on dry limestone **   black moss on dry limestone **   black moss on dry limestone **   black moss on dry limestone **   Nonvascular 1 %         -none- 27 moss 3 on limestone moss 3 on limestone **   moss 3 on limestone **   moss 3 on limestone **   moss 3 on limestone **   moss 3 on limestone **   moss 3 on limestone **   moss 3 on limestone **   moss 3 on limestone **   Nonvascular 1 %         -none- 28 Caloplaca flavovirescens Caloplaca flavovirescens **   Caloplaca flavovirescens **   Caloplaca flavovirescens **   Caloplaca flavovirescens **   Caloplaca flavovirescens **   Caloplaca flavovirescens **   Caloplaca flavovirescens **   Caloplaca flavovirescens **   Nonvascular 1 %         -none- 29 moss 2 on dry limestone moss 2 on dry limestone **   moss 2 on dry limestone **   moss 2 on dry limestone **   moss 2 on dry limestone **   moss 2 on dry limestone **   moss 2 on dry limestone **   moss 2 on dry limestone **   moss 2 on dry limestone **   Nonvascular 1 %         -none- 30 Mniaceae? On moist limestone Mniaceae? On moist limestone **   Mniaceae? On moist limestone **   Mniaceae? On moist limestone **   Mniaceae? On moist limestone **   Mniaceae? On moist limestone **   Mniaceae? On moist limestone **   Mniaceae? On moist limestone **   Mniaceae? On moist limestone **   Nonvascular 0.5 %         -none- 31 Dermatocarpon muhlenbergii Dermatocarpon muhlenbergii **   Dermatocarpon muhlenbergii **   Dermatocarpon muhlenbergii **   Dermatocarpon muhlenbergii **   Dermatocarpon muhlenbergii **   Dermatocarpon muhlenbergii **   Dermatocarpon muhlenbergii **   Dermatocarpon muhlenbergii **   Nonvascular 0.5 %         -none- 32 Collema undulatum var. granulosum Collema undulatum var. granulosum **   Collema undulatum var. granulosum **   Collema undulatum var. granulosum **   Collema undulatum var. granulosum **   Collema undulatum var. granulosum **   Collema undulatum var. granulosum **   Collema undulatum var. granulosum **   Collema undulatum var. granulosum **   Nonvascular 0.5 %         -none- 33 cushion moss on limestone cushion moss on limestone **   cushion moss on limestone **   cushion moss on limestone **   cushion moss on limestone **   cushion moss on limestone **   cushion moss on limestone **   cushion moss on limestone **   cushion moss on limestone **   Nonvascular 0.5 %         -none- 34 Rubus occidentalis Rubus occidentalis **   Rubus occidentalis **   Rubus occidentalis **   Rubus occidentalis **   Rubus occidentalis **   Rubus occidentalis **   Rubus occidentalis **   Rubus occidentalis **   Tree 1 %         -none- 35 Vitis Vitis **   Vitis **   Vitis **   Vitis **   Vitis **   Vitis **   Vitis **   Vitis **   Tree 1 %         -none-
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Stratum Definitions:
Stratum Type Stratum Base Stratum Height Stratum Cover Herbaceous 0 m 0.5 m 1 % Short Shrub 0 m 0.5 m 1 % Tall Shrub 0.5 m 1 m 1 % Canopy 20 m 35 m 3 % Tree       Nonvascular     20 %
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