085-SUFC-0028
» Citation URL: http://vegbank.org/cite/urn:lsid:cvs.bio.unc.edu:observation:16971-{FCB631A9-203D-4B68-8149-1CB0FDC19CB9} » Citing info
Plot ID Fields:
Author Plot Code	085-SUFC-0028
Author Observation Code	085-SUFC-0028
Location Fields:	MAP: Google | Yahoo | TopoZone | MapQuest
Location Accuracy	10 m
Confidentiality Status	100 km radius (nearest degree)
Latitude	37 º
Longitude	-77 º
State or Province	Virginia
Named Places	region|state|province: Virginia
Layout Fields:
DSG Polygon	plotless
Area	400 m²
Permanence	not permanent
Environment Fields:
Elevation	4 m
Slope Aspect	(n/a, flat) º
Slope Gradient	0 º
Topographic Position	plain/level/bottom
Landform	seep/swale/non-alluvial bottom
Hydrologic Regime	non-tidal - saturated
Soil Moisture Regime	hygric
Soil Drainage	somewhat poorly drained
Methods Fields:
Observation Start Date	15-Jul-2011
Observation End Date	15-Jul-2011
Project	Virginia Heritage
Cover Method	Carolina Vegetation Survey
Stratum Method	No Strata
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
Plot Quality Fields:
Plot Validation Level	(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
Tree Height	28 m
Shrub Height	6 m
Field Height	5 m
Tree Cover	60 %
Shrub Cover	90 %
Field Cover	20 %
Nonvascular Cover	1 %
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative	Plot covers approximately 400 square meters. However, the great density of vegetation made it impractical to lay out tapes and sample a precise area. Therefore, a data were collected from a "plotless" sample whose boundaries were visually estimated. The site is a large, superficially peat-filled swale containing a mixed forest of Pinus taeda, Acer rubrum, and Nyssa biflora, with scattered Atlantic white-cedar and dense evergreen shrubs (especially Lyonia lucida). The ground is covered mostly in pine needles with some patches of sphagnum. The 28 m tall canopy is very open above a denser subcanopy of Acer rubrum. At least historically, fires from immediately adjacent longleaf pine sandhills must have burned into this wetland fairly frequently, but fires have been excluded for an extended period (> 50 years). Several dead or fallen Atlantic white-cedar were observed near the plot.

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 Lyonia lucida Lyonia lucida **   Lyonia lucida **   Lyonia lucida **   Lyonia lucida **   Lyonia lucida **   Lyonia lucida **   Lyonia lucida **   Lyonia lucida **   -all-   62.5 % 8       -none- 2 Acer rubrum Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   -all-   37.5 % 7       -none- 3 Chamaecyparis thyoides Chamaecyparis thyoides **   Chamaecyparis thyoides **   Chamaecyparis thyoides **   Chamaecyparis thyoides **   Chamaecyparis thyoides **   Chamaecyparis thyoides **   Chamaecyparis thyoides **   Chamaecyparis thyoides **   -all-   17.5 % 6       -none- 4 Pinus taeda Pinus taeda **   Pinus taeda **   Pinus taeda **   Pinus taeda **   Pinus taeda **   Pinus taeda **   Pinus taeda **   Pinus taeda **   -all-   17.5 % 6       -none- 5 Clethra alnifolia Clethra alnifolia **   Clethra alnifolia **   Clethra alnifolia **   Clethra alnifolia **   Clethra alnifolia **   Clethra alnifolia **   Clethra alnifolia **   Clethra alnifolia **   -all-   7.5 % 5       -none- 6 Nyssa biflora Nyssa biflora **   Nyssa biflora **   Nyssa biflora **   Nyssa biflora **   Nyssa biflora **   Nyssa biflora **   Nyssa biflora **   Nyssa biflora **   -all-   7.5 % 5       -none- 7 Smilax laurifolia Smilax laurifolia **   Smilax laurifolia **   Smilax laurifolia **   Smilax laurifolia **   Smilax laurifolia **   Smilax laurifolia **   Smilax laurifolia **   Smilax laurifolia **   -all-   7.5 % 5       -none- 8 Lyonia ligustrina var. foliosiflora Lyonia ligustrina var. foliosiflora **   Lyonia ligustrina var. foliosiflora **   Lyonia ligustrina var. foliosiflora **   Lyonia ligustrina var. foliosiflora **   Lyonia ligustrina var. foliosiflora **   Lyonia ligustrina var. foliosiflora **   Lyonia ligustrina var. foliosiflora **   Lyonia ligustrina var. foliosiflora **   -all-   7.5 % 5       -none- 9 Vaccinium formosum Vaccinium formosum **   Vaccinium formosum **   Vaccinium formosum **   Vaccinium formosum **   Vaccinium formosum **   Vaccinium formosum **   Vaccinium formosum **   Vaccinium formosum **   -all-   3.5 % 4       -none- 10 Magnolia virginiana Magnolia virginiana **   Magnolia virginiana **   Magnolia virginiana **   Magnolia virginiana **   Magnolia virginiana **   Magnolia virginiana **   Magnolia virginiana **   Magnolia virginiana **   -all-   3.5 % 4       -none- 11 Ilex laevigata Ilex laevigata **   Ilex laevigata **   Ilex laevigata **   Ilex laevigata **   Ilex laevigata **   Ilex laevigata **   Ilex laevigata **   Ilex laevigata **   -all-   3.5 % 4       -none- 12 Vaccinium fuscatum Vaccinium fuscatum **   Vaccinium fuscatum **   Vaccinium fuscatum **   Vaccinium fuscatum **   Vaccinium fuscatum **   Vaccinium fuscatum **   Vaccinium fuscatum **   Vaccinium fuscatum **   -all-   1.5 % 3       -none- 13 Persea palustris Persea palustris **   Persea palustris **   Persea palustris **   Persea palustris **   Persea palustris **   Persea palustris **   Persea palustris **   Persea palustris **   -all-   1.5 % 3       -none- 14 Oxydendrum arboreum Oxydendrum arboreum **   Oxydendrum arboreum **   Oxydendrum arboreum **   Oxydendrum arboreum **   Oxydendrum arboreum **   Oxydendrum arboreum **   Oxydendrum arboreum **   Oxydendrum arboreum **   -all-   1.5 % 3       -none- 15 Amelanchier canadensis Amelanchier canadensis **   Amelanchier canadensis **   Amelanchier canadensis **   Amelanchier canadensis **   Amelanchier canadensis **   Amelanchier canadensis **   Amelanchier canadensis **   Amelanchier canadensis **   -all-   1.5 % 3       -none- 16 Pleopeltis polypodioides ssp. michauxiana Pleopeltis polypodioides ssp. michauxiana **   Pleopeltis polypodioides ssp. michauxiana **   Pleopeltis polypodioides ssp. michauxiana **   Pleopeltis polypodioides ssp. michauxiana **   Pleopeltis polypodioides ssp. michauxiana **   Pleopeltis polypodioides ssp. michauxiana **   Pleopeltis polypodioides ssp. michauxiana **   Pleopeltis polypodioides ssp. michauxiana **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 17 Osmundastrum cinnamomeum Osmundastrum cinnamomeum **   Osmundastrum cinnamomeum **   Osmundastrum cinnamomeum **   Osmundastrum cinnamomeum **   Osmundastrum cinnamomeum **   Osmundastrum cinnamomeum **   Osmundastrum cinnamomeum **   Osmundastrum cinnamomeum **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 18 Woodwardia virginica Woodwardia virginica **   Woodwardia virginica **   Woodwardia virginica **   Woodwardia virginica **   Woodwardia virginica **   Woodwardia virginica **   Woodwardia virginica **   Woodwardia virginica **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 19 Arundinaria tecta Arundinaria tecta **   Arundinaria tecta **   Arundinaria tecta **   Arundinaria tecta **   Arundinaria tecta **   Arundinaria tecta **   Arundinaria tecta **   Arundinaria tecta **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none-
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