HOFU.27
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» Citation URL: http://vegbank.org/cite/urn:lsid:ecoobs.vegbank.org:observation:8974-{09191CF2-7CEC-42D9-81A3-A5D83E488D4C}
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Author Plot Code  |
HOFU.27
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Author Observation Code  |
HOFU.27.2002
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Original Data Location  |
This observation was uploaded from NatureServe's Ecological Observations Database (EcoObs), version 3 June 2016. Some data values may be midpoints of EcoObs classes (e.g. stratum height, slope, aspect).
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Location Fields: |
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Confidentiality Status  |
10 km radius (nearest 0.1 degree)
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Latitude  |
40.2
º
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Longitude  |
-75.8
º
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State or Province  |
Pennsylvania
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Country  |
United States
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Layout Fields: | |
Shape  |
Square
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Area  |
100
m²
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Permanence  |
not permanent
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Environment Fields: | |
Slope Aspect  |
270
º
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Slope Gradient  |
3
º
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Topographic Position  |
Low level
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Representativeness  |
Plot fairly typical. Some areas have higher cover, but still shrub-swamp. Outside plot are Toxicodendron vernix, Cinna latifolia, and Verbena hastata.
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Soil Drainage  |
very poorly drained
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Percent Bedrock  |
0
%
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Percent Wood  |
1
%
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Percent Litter  |
1
%
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Percent Bare Soil  |
0
%
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Percent Water  |
1
%
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Methods Fields: | |
Observation Start Date  |
29-Aug-2002
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Observation End Date  |
29-Aug-2002
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Date Accuracy  |
Exact
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Project  |
Pennsylvania National Park Service Mapping
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Cover Method  |
Percentage (%)
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Stratum Method  |
National Park Service
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Plot Quality Fields: | |
Plot Validation Level  |
(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
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Overall Plot Vegetation Fields: | |
--no data-- |
Misc Fields: | |
Observation Narrative  |
Notes of forest adjacent to HOFU.27 - Canopy dominant is red maple with occassional pin oak. Poorly drained soils. Forest grades into scrub/shrub in places where swale becomes poorly drained and surface flow is diffuse (mix of poison sumac, alder, young red maple). Photos 678-681. Photos of older slightly drier portion of stand. Pin oaks most common at edge of transition to scrub/shrub. A few pin oaks scattered amoung the red maple in rest of stand. Ground cover mostly Microstegeum and Carex pennsylvanica.
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