095-USFS-0341
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Plot ID Fields:
Author Plot Code	095-USFS-0341
Author Observation Code	095-USFS-0341
Location Fields:	MAP: Google | Yahoo | TopoZone | MapQuest
Confidentiality Status	100 km radius (nearest degree)
Latitude	39 º
Longitude	-79 º
State or Province	West Virginia
Named Places	county: Grant region|state|province: West Virginia
Layout Fields:
DSG Polygon	12.5 (X)
Shape	Circular
Area	122.71484375 m²
Permanence	not permanent
Environment Fields:
Elevation	1074 m
Slope Aspect	100 º
Slope Gradient	3 º
Topographic Position	Interfluve
Landform	Ridge/interfluve
Surficial Deposits	sandstone
Rock Type	sandstone
Landscape Narrative	See plots USFS.339,340,342,343,344,345. High ridge and back slope with mixed oak pine communities shrub/ herb layer densities vary with openings in forest canopy. Some microsites contain white pine and red spruce. Cliff areas contain mosses and Paronychia argyrocoma.;Open cliff area with little vegetation. Paronichyia argyrocoma and lichens are dominant. Area is heavily used by campers.
Representativeness	USFS plots were laid out at random points on a transect. This transect was placed to sample the mixed oak pine communities along the ridgetop of North Fork Mountain. This plot occurred on a bedrock cliff edge.
Hydrologic Regime	very dry
Percent Bedrock	90 %
Percent Rock / Gravel	5 %
Percent Wood	5 %
Percent Litter	0 %
Percent Bare Soil	0 %
Percent Water	0 %
Percent Other	0 %
Methods Fields:
Observation Start Date	15-Jun-1994
Project	West Virginia NHP
Cover Method	Percentage (%)
Stratum Method	National Park Service
Taxon Observation Area	122.71484375 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	partial
Bryophyte Quality	none
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
--no data--
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative	Paronychia argyrocoma - Crustose lichen - Umbilicaria sp. - Cladina sp. Sparsely vegetated cliff band

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 Aralia spinosa Aralia spinosa **   Aralia spinosa **   Aralia spinosa **   Aralia spinosa **   Aralia spinosa **   Aralia spinosa **   Aralia spinosa **   Aralia spinosa **   Short Shrub 5 %         -none- 2 Betula lenta Betula lenta **   Betula lenta **   Betula lenta **   Betula lenta **   Betula lenta **   Betula lenta **   Betula lenta **   Betula lenta **   Short Shrub 2 %         -none- 3 Polypodium virginianum Polypodium virginianum **   Polypodium virginianum **   Polypodium virginianum **   Polypodium virginianum **   Polypodium virginianum **   Polypodium virginianum **   Polypodium virginianum **   Polypodium virginianum **   Herbaceous 0.5 %         -none- 4 Stellaria pubera Stellaria pubera **   Stellaria pubera **   Stellaria pubera **   Stellaria pubera **   Stellaria pubera **   Stellaria pubera **   Stellaria pubera **   Stellaria pubera **   Herbaceous 0.5 %         -none- 5 crustose lichen crustose lichen **   crustose lichen **   crustose lichen **   crustose lichen **   crustose lichen **   crustose lichen **   crustose lichen **   crustose lichen **   Nonvascular 10 %         -none- 6 Umbilicaria Umbilicaria **   Umbilicaria **   Umbilicaria **   Umbilicaria **   Umbilicaria **   Umbilicaria **   Umbilicaria **   Umbilicaria **   Nonvascular 5 %         -none- 7 Cladina Cladina **   Cladina **   Cladina **   Cladina **   Cladina **   Cladina **   Cladina **   Cladina **   Nonvascular 5 %         -none-
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Stratum Definitions:
Stratum Type Stratum Base Stratum Height Stratum Cover Herbaceous 0 m 0.5 m 1 % Short Shrub 0.5 m 1 m 10 % Nonvascular     20 %
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