085-FAIR-0051
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Plot ID Fields:
Author Plot Code	085-FAIR-0051
Author Observation Code	085-FAIR-0051
Location Fields:	MAP: Google | Yahoo | TopoZone | MapQuest
Location Accuracy	10 m
Confidentiality Status	100 km radius (nearest degree)
Latitude	39 º
Longitude	-77 º
State or Province	Virginia
Named Places	county: Fairfax county: Fairfax region|state|province: Virginia
Layout Fields:
DSG Polygon	16 x 25 m
Area	400 m²
Permanence	not permanent
Environment Fields:
Elevation	11 m
Slope Aspect	(n/a, flat) º
Slope Gradient	0 º
Topographic Position	basin/depression
Landform	sag pond/basin
Hydrologic Regime	non-tidal - seasonally flooded
Soil Moisture Regime	subhygric
Soil Drainage	poorly drained
Methods Fields:
Observation Start Date	24-Jul-2014
Observation End Date	24-Jul-2014
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	28 m
Shrub Height	4 m
Field Height	3 m
Tree Cover	75 %
Shrub Cover	35 %
Field Cover	20 %
Nonvascular Cover	30 %
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative	Plot corners marked with PVC pipe. Plot captures a shallow, exsiccated depression with exposed substrate of Sphagnum and leaf litter. The habitat and vegetation is typical of numerous depressions occurring in a large "flatwoods" in the southern section of Huntley Meadows Park. Vegetation is a medium-age forest with trees generally ranging from 40 to 70 cm DBH. In the sample, Quercus phellos is strongly dominant, with a single Quercus palustris also present. Patches of tree saplings and shrubs (Vaccinium fuscatum, Gaylussacia baccata) occur on the wetland edges. The rare sedge Carex vestita forms a large rhizomatous colony in the floristically depauperate herb layer.

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 phellos Quercus phellos **   Quercus phellos **   Quercus phellos **   Quercus phellos **   Quercus phellos **   Quercus phellos **   Quercus phellos **   Quercus phellos **   -all-   87.5 % 9       DBH DBH err Ht. Ht. Err # 3.75 cm ± 1.25 cm     2 stem(s) 7.5 cm ± 2.5 cm     5 stem(s) 12.5 cm ± 2.5 cm     1 stem(s) 44.5 cm ± 0.5 cm     1 stem(s) 50.5 cm ± 0.5 cm     1 stem(s) 54.5 cm ± 0.5 cm     1 stem(s) 54.5 cm ± 0.5 cm     1 stem(s) 61.5 cm ± 0.5 cm     1 stem(s) 73.5 cm ± 0.5 cm     1 stem(s) 2 Gaylussacia baccata Gaylussacia baccata **   Gaylussacia baccata **   Gaylussacia baccata **   Gaylussacia baccata **   Gaylussacia baccata **   Gaylussacia baccata **   Gaylussacia baccata **   Gaylussacia baccata **   -all-   7.5 % 5       -none- 3 Liquidambar styraciflua Liquidambar styraciflua **   Liquidambar styraciflua **   Liquidambar styraciflua **   Liquidambar styraciflua **   Liquidambar styraciflua **   Liquidambar styraciflua **   Liquidambar styraciflua **   Liquidambar styraciflua **   -all-   7.5 % 5       DBH DBH err Ht. Ht. Err # 3.75 cm ± 1.25 cm     5 stem(s) 7.5 cm ± 2.5 cm     2 stem(s) 4 Quercus palustris Quercus palustris **   Quercus palustris **   Quercus palustris **   Quercus palustris **   Quercus palustris **   Quercus palustris **   Quercus palustris **   Quercus palustris **   -all-   7.5 % 5       DBH DBH err Ht. Ht. Err # 54.5 cm ± 0.5 cm     1 stem(s) 5 Carex vestita Carex vestita **   Carex vestita **   Carex vestita **   Carex vestita **   Carex vestita **   Carex vestita **   Carex vestita **   Carex vestita **   -all-   7.5 % 5       -none- 6 Vaccinium fuscatum Vaccinium fuscatum **   Vaccinium fuscatum **   Vaccinium fuscatum **   Vaccinium fuscatum **   Vaccinium fuscatum **   Vaccinium fuscatum **   Vaccinium fuscatum **   Vaccinium fuscatum **   -all-   3.5 % 4       DBH DBH err Ht. Ht. Err # 3.75 cm ± 1.25 cm     3 stem(s) 7 Eubotrys racemosa Eubotrys racemosa **   Eubotrys racemosa **   Eubotrys racemosa **   Eubotrys racemosa **   Eubotrys racemosa **   Eubotrys racemosa **   Eubotrys racemosa **   Eubotrys racemosa **   -all-   1.5 % 3       -none- 8 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 # 3.75 cm ± 1.25 cm     2 stem(s) 7.5 cm ± 2.5 cm     1 stem(s) 9 Carex albolutescens Carex albolutescens **   Carex albolutescens **   Carex albolutescens **   Carex albolutescens **   Carex albolutescens **   Carex albolutescens **   Carex albolutescens **   Carex albolutescens **   -all-   1.5 % 3       -none- 10 Sassafras albidum Sassafras albidum **   Sassafras albidum **   Sassafras albidum **   Sassafras albidum **   Sassafras albidum **   Sassafras albidum **   Sassafras albidum **   Sassafras albidum **   -all-   0.505 % 2       DBH DBH err Ht. Ht. Err # 3.75 cm ± 1.25 cm     1 stem(s) 11 Smilax rotundifolia Smilax rotundifolia **   Smilax rotundifolia **   Smilax rotundifolia **   Smilax rotundifolia **   Smilax rotundifolia **   Smilax rotundifolia **   Smilax rotundifolia **   Smilax rotundifolia **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 12 Diospyros virginiana Diospyros virginiana **   Diospyros virginiana **   Diospyros virginiana **   Diospyros virginiana **   Diospyros virginiana **   Diospyros virginiana **   Diospyros virginiana **   Diospyros virginiana **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 13 Carex swanii Carex swanii **   Carex swanii **   Carex swanii **   Carex swanii **   Carex swanii **   Carex swanii **   Carex swanii **   Carex swanii **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 14 Acer rubrum Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 15 Juncus effusus Juncus effusus **   Juncus effusus **   Juncus effusus **   Juncus effusus **   Juncus effusus **   Juncus effusus **   Juncus effusus **   Juncus effusus **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 16 Carex complanata Carex complanata **   Carex complanata **   Carex complanata **   Carex complanata **   Carex complanata **   Carex complanata **   Carex complanata **   Carex complanata **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 17 Toxicodendron radicans var. radicans Toxicodendron radicans var. radicans **   Toxicodendron radicans var. radicans **   Toxicodendron radicans var. radicans **   Toxicodendron radicans var. radicans **   Toxicodendron radicans var. radicans **   Toxicodendron radicans var. radicans **   Toxicodendron radicans var. radicans **   Toxicodendron radicans var. radicans **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 18 Rubus flagellaris Rubus flagellaris **   Rubus flagellaris **   Rubus flagellaris **   Rubus flagellaris **   Rubus flagellaris **   Rubus flagellaris **   Rubus flagellaris **   Rubus flagellaris **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none-
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