085-JCNF-0028
» Citation URL: http://vegbank.org/cite/urn:lsid:cvs.bio.unc.edu:observation:16507-{36C77E40-8ECD-4138-BB74-BB9CF2A85972} » Citing info
Plot ID Fields:
Author Plot Code	085-JCNF-0028
Author Observation Code	085-JCNF-0028
Location Fields:	MAP: Google | Yahoo | TopoZone | MapQuest
Location Accuracy	10 m
Confidentiality Status	100 km radius (nearest degree)
Latitude	37 º
Longitude	-83 º
State or Province	Virginia
Named Places	county: Lee region|state|province: Virginia
Layout Fields:
DSG Polygon	16 x 25 m
Area	400 m²
Permanence	not permanent
Environment Fields:
Elevation	821 m
Slope Aspect	180 º
Slope Gradient	22 º
Topographic Position	upper slope
Landform	side slope
Hydrologic Regime	terrestrial (upland)
Soil Moisture Regime	xeric
Soil Drainage	well drained
Methods Fields:
Observation Start Date	01-Jun-2009
Observation End Date	01-Jun-2009
Project	Virginia Heritage
Cover Method	Carolina Vegetation Survey
Stratum Method	No Strata
Stem Size Limit	2.5 cm
Method Narrative	releve Virginia Division of Natural Heritage, see http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/natural_heritage/documents/nh_plotform_instructions.pdf
Overall Taxon Cover Values are Automatically Calculated?	no
Stem Observation Area	400 m²
Plot Quality Fields:
Plot Validation Level	(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
Tree Height	19 m
Shrub Height	6 m
Field Height	5 m
Tree Cover	75 %
Shrub Cover	45 %
Field Cover	50 %
Nonvascular Cover	1 %
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative	Plot captures a xerophytic oak/heath forest on Wallen Ridge, NE of Lovelady Gap. This vegetation occupies an upper-slope band, beneath richer, rocky montane oak-hickory forest on the crest, and cut-over mesophytic cove forest downslope. This stand has probably been undisturbed for ~100 years and is fairly strongly dominated by Quercus montana in the overstory, Oxydendrum arboreum in the sub-canopy, and Kalmia latifolia in the shrub layer. A large canopy gap has stimulated considerable oak regeneration, as well as the occurrence of a few low-cover herbs.

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 Quercus montana Quercus montana **   Quercus montana **   Quercus montana **   Quercus montana **   Quercus montana **   Quercus montana **   Quercus montana **   Quercus montana **   -all-   62.5 % 8       DBH DBH err Ht. Ht. Err # 7.5 cm ± 2.5 cm     1 stem(s) 12.5 cm ± 2.5 cm     4 stem(s) 17.5 cm ± 2.5 cm     2 stem(s) 27.5 cm ± 2.5 cm     1 stem(s) 37.5 cm ± 2.5 cm     1 stem(s) 40.5 cm ± 0.5 cm     1 stem(s) 42.5 cm ± 0.5 cm     1 stem(s) 47.5 cm ± 0.5 cm     1 stem(s) 52.5 cm ± 0.5 cm     1 stem(s) 2 Vaccinium pallidum Vaccinium pallidum **   Vaccinium pallidum **   Vaccinium pallidum **   Vaccinium pallidum **   Vaccinium pallidum **   Vaccinium pallidum **   Vaccinium pallidum **   Vaccinium pallidum **   -all-   37.5 % 7       -none- 3 Oxydendrum arboreum Oxydendrum arboreum **   Oxydendrum arboreum **   Oxydendrum arboreum **   Oxydendrum arboreum **   Oxydendrum arboreum **   Oxydendrum arboreum **   Oxydendrum arboreum **   Oxydendrum arboreum **   -all-   37.5 % 7       DBH DBH err Ht. Ht. Err # 12.5 cm ± 2.5 cm     6 stem(s) 17.5 cm ± 2.5 cm     3 stem(s) 22.5 cm ± 2.5 cm     1 stem(s) 4 Sassafras albidum Sassafras albidum **   Sassafras albidum **   Sassafras albidum **   Sassafras albidum **   Sassafras albidum **   Sassafras albidum **   Sassafras albidum **   Sassafras albidum **   -all-   17.5 % 6       -none- 5 Kalmia latifolia Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   -all-   17.5 % 6       DBH DBH err Ht. Ht. Err # 3.75 cm ± 1.25 cm     17 stem(s) 7.5 cm ± 2.5 cm     6 stem(s) 6 Quercus velutina Quercus velutina **   Quercus velutina **   Quercus velutina **   Quercus velutina **   Quercus velutina **   Quercus velutina **   Quercus velutina **   Quercus velutina **   -all-   17.5 % 6       DBH DBH err Ht. Ht. Err # 27.5 cm ± 2.5 cm     3 stem(s) 7 Smilax rotundifolia Smilax rotundifolia **   Smilax rotundifolia **   Smilax rotundifolia **   Smilax rotundifolia **   Smilax rotundifolia **   Smilax rotundifolia **   Smilax rotundifolia **   Smilax rotundifolia **   -all-   3.5 % 4       -none- 8 Vaccinium stamineum Vaccinium stamineum **   Vaccinium stamineum **   Vaccinium stamineum **   Vaccinium stamineum **   Vaccinium stamineum **   Vaccinium stamineum **   Vaccinium stamineum **   Vaccinium stamineum **   -all-   3.5 % 4       -none- 9 Acer rubrum Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   -all-   3.5 % 4       DBH DBH err Ht. Ht. Err # 7.5 cm ± 2.5 cm     1 stem(s) 10 Amelanchier arborea Amelanchier arborea **   Amelanchier arborea **   Amelanchier arborea **   Amelanchier arborea **   Amelanchier arborea **   Amelanchier arborea **   Amelanchier arborea **   Amelanchier arborea **   -all-   3.5 % 4       DBH DBH err Ht. Ht. Err # 7.5 cm ± 2.5 cm     2 stem(s) 11 Nyssa sylvatica Nyssa sylvatica **   Nyssa sylvatica **   Nyssa sylvatica **   Nyssa sylvatica **   Nyssa sylvatica **   Nyssa sylvatica **   Nyssa sylvatica **   Nyssa sylvatica **   -all-   1.5 % 3       DBH DBH err Ht. Ht. Err # 7.5 cm ± 2.5 cm     1 stem(s) 12 Betula lenta var. lenta Betula lenta var. lenta **   Betula lenta var. lenta **   Betula lenta var. lenta **   Betula lenta var. lenta **   Betula lenta var. lenta **   Betula lenta var. lenta **   Betula lenta var. lenta **   Betula lenta var. lenta **   -all-   1.5 % 3       DBH DBH err Ht. Ht. Err # 12.5 cm ± 2.5 cm     1 stem(s) 13 Coreopsis major Coreopsis major **   Coreopsis major **   Coreopsis major **   Coreopsis major **   Coreopsis major **   Coreopsis major **   Coreopsis major **   Coreopsis major **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 14 Smilax glauca Smilax glauca **   Smilax glauca **   Smilax glauca **   Smilax glauca **   Smilax glauca **   Smilax glauca **   Smilax glauca **   Smilax glauca **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 15 Solidago odora Solidago odora **   Solidago odora **   Solidago odora **   Solidago odora **   Solidago odora **   Solidago odora **   Solidago odora **   Solidago odora **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 16 Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum **   Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum **   Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum **   Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum **   Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum **   Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum **   Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum **   Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 17 Carex physorhyncha Carex physorhyncha **   Carex physorhyncha **   Carex physorhyncha **   Carex physorhyncha **   Carex physorhyncha **   Carex physorhyncha **   Carex physorhyncha **   Carex physorhyncha **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 18 Cypripedium acaule Cypripedium acaule **   Cypripedium acaule **   Cypripedium acaule **   Cypripedium acaule **   Cypripedium acaule **   Cypripedium acaule **   Cypripedium acaule **   Cypripedium acaule **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 19 Dichanthelium villosissimum var. villosissimum Dichanthelium villosissimum var. villosissimum **   Dichanthelium villosissimum var. villosissimum **   Dichanthelium villosissimum var. villosissimum **   Dichanthelium villosissimum var. villosissimum **   Dichanthelium villosissimum var. villosissimum **   Dichanthelium villosissimum var. villosissimum **   Dichanthelium villosissimum var. villosissimum **   Dichanthelium villosissimum var. villosissimum **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 20 Carya tomentosa Carya tomentosa **   Carya tomentosa **   Carya tomentosa **   Carya tomentosa **   Carya tomentosa **   Carya tomentosa **   Carya tomentosa **   Carya tomentosa **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 21 Hieracium paniculatum Hieracium paniculatum **   Hieracium paniculatum **   Hieracium paniculatum **   Hieracium paniculatum **   Hieracium paniculatum **   Hieracium paniculatum **   Hieracium paniculatum **   Hieracium paniculatum **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 22 Dichanthelium commutatum Dichanthelium commutatum **   Dichanthelium commutatum **   Dichanthelium commutatum **   Dichanthelium commutatum **   Dichanthelium commutatum **   Dichanthelium commutatum **   Dichanthelium commutatum **   Dichanthelium commutatum **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 23 Chimaphila maculata Chimaphila maculata **   Chimaphila maculata **   Chimaphila maculata **   Chimaphila maculata **   Chimaphila maculata **   Chimaphila maculata **   Chimaphila maculata **   Chimaphila maculata **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 24 Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium **   Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium **   Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium **   Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium **   Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium **   Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium **   Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium **   Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 25 Hieracium venosum Hieracium venosum **   Hieracium venosum **   Hieracium venosum **   Hieracium venosum **   Hieracium venosum **   Hieracium venosum **   Hieracium venosum **   Hieracium venosum **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none-
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