095-GARI-0208
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Plot ID Fields:
Author Plot Code	095-GARI-0208
Author Observation Code	095-GARI-0208
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Confidentiality Status	100 km radius (nearest degree)
Latitude	38 º
Longitude	-81 º
State or Province	West Virginia
Named Places	county: Nicholas region|state|province: West Virginia
Layout Fields:
DSG Polygon	20 (X) x 20 (Y)
Shape	Square
Area	400 m²
Permanence	not permanent
Environment Fields:
Elevation	314 m
Slope Aspect	215 º
Slope Gradient	28 º
Topographic Position	Lower slope
Landform	Cove/ravine/gorge
Surficial Deposits	sandstone
Rock Type	sandstone
Landscape Narrative	The Gauley River is located ca. 100m below the plot. CR 22 is located ca. 300m upslope. There is a small rocky cove ca. 50m NW of the plot.;Very steep SW facing forested gorgeslope. Large exposed sandstone cliff breaks are contained within the plot as well as steep loose colluvial soil. There is little noticable deer browse or trails probably due to the steep rockiness of the site.
Representativeness	Large patch of the GARI matrix forest. This is the more sterile end of the matrix forest type represented by Eastern Hemlock - White Oak - Chestnut Oak / Great Laurel. Plot was placed to sample ELU 1122.
Hydrologic Regime	moist
Percent Bedrock	25 %
Percent Rock / Gravel	0 %
Percent Wood	1 %
Percent Litter	73 %
Percent Bare Soil	0.5 %
Percent Water	0 %
Percent Other	0 %
Methods Fields:
Observation Start Date	28-Aug-2008
Project	West Virginia NHP
Cover Method	Percentage (%)
Stratum Method	National Park Service
Taxon Observation Area	400 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	complete
Bryophyte Quality	complete (species >=1% cover)
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
--no data--
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative	Tsuga canadensis - Quercus alba - Q. prinus / Rhododendron maximum forest

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 Tsuga canadensis Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Canopy 30 %         DBH DBH err Ht. Ht. Err # 38 cm ± 1 cm     1 stem(s) 45 cm ± 1 cm     1 stem(s) 46 cm ± 1 cm     1 stem(s) 48 cm ± 1 cm     1 stem(s) 50 cm ± 1 cm     1 stem(s) 51 cm ± 1 cm     1 stem(s) 2 Quercus alba Quercus alba **   Quercus alba **   Quercus alba **   Quercus alba **   Quercus alba **   Quercus alba **   Quercus alba **   Quercus alba **   Canopy 15 %         DBH DBH err Ht. Ht. Err # 29 cm ± 1 cm     1 stem(s) 36 cm ± 1 cm     1 stem(s) 42 cm ± 1 cm     1 stem(s) 3 Quercus prinus Quercus prinus **   Quercus prinus **   Quercus prinus **   Quercus prinus **   Quercus prinus **   Quercus prinus **   Quercus prinus **   Quercus prinus **   Canopy 10 %         DBH DBH err Ht. Ht. Err # 25 cm ± 1 cm     1 stem(s) 34 cm ± 1 cm     1 stem(s) 4 Carya alba Carya alba **   Carya alba **   Carya alba **   Carya alba **   Carya alba **   Carya alba **   Carya alba **   Carya alba **   Canopy 6 %         DBH DBH err Ht. Ht. Err # 23 cm ± 1 cm     1 stem(s) 25 cm ± 1 cm     1 stem(s) 5 Nyssa sylvatica Nyssa sylvatica **   Nyssa sylvatica **   Nyssa sylvatica **   Nyssa sylvatica **   Nyssa sylvatica **   Nyssa sylvatica **   Nyssa sylvatica **   Nyssa sylvatica **   Canopy 3 %         DBH DBH err Ht. Ht. Err # 24 cm ± 1 cm     1 stem(s) 6 Ilex opaca var. opaca Ilex opaca var. opaca **   Ilex opaca var. opaca **   Ilex opaca var. opaca **   Ilex opaca var. opaca **   Ilex opaca var. opaca **   Ilex opaca var. opaca **   Ilex opaca var. opaca **   Ilex opaca var. opaca **   Sub-Canopy 7 %         DBH DBH err Ht. Ht. Err # 7 cm ± 1 cm     1 stem(s) 20 cm ± 1 cm     1 stem(s) 7 Betula lenta Betula lenta **   Betula lenta **   Betula lenta **   Betula lenta **   Betula lenta **   Betula lenta **   Betula lenta **   Betula lenta **   Sub-Canopy 5 %         DBH DBH err Ht. Ht. Err # 7 cm ± 1 cm     1 stem(s) 8 cm ± 1 cm     1 stem(s) 9 cm ± 1 cm     1 stem(s) 8 Acer rubrum Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Sub-Canopy 3 %         DBH DBH err Ht. Ht. Err # 15 cm ± 1 cm     1 stem(s) 9 Oxydendrum arboreum Oxydendrum arboreum **   Oxydendrum arboreum **   Oxydendrum arboreum **   Oxydendrum arboreum **   Oxydendrum arboreum **   Oxydendrum arboreum **   Oxydendrum arboreum **   Oxydendrum arboreum **   Sub-Canopy 2 %         DBH DBH err Ht. Ht. Err # 16 cm ± 1 cm     1 stem(s) 10 Carya alba Carya alba **   Carya alba **   Carya alba **   Carya alba **   Carya alba **   Carya alba **   Carya alba **   Carya alba **   Sub-Canopy 1 %         DBH DBH err Ht. Ht. Err # 3 cm ± 1 cm     1 stem(s) 11 Vitis aestivalis Vitis aestivalis **   Vitis aestivalis **   Vitis aestivalis **   Vitis aestivalis **   Vitis aestivalis **   Vitis aestivalis **   Vitis aestivalis **   Vitis aestivalis **   Sub-Canopy 0.5 %         -none- 12 Rhododendron maximum Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Tall Shrub 15 %         -none- 13 Tsuga canadensis Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tall Shrub 3 %         DBH DBH err Ht. Ht. Err # 7 cm ± 1 cm     1 stem(s) 16 cm ± 1 cm     1 stem(s) 19 cm ± 1 cm     1 stem(s) 14 Carya alba Carya alba **   Carya alba **   Carya alba **   Carya alba **   Carya alba **   Carya alba **   Carya alba **   Carya alba **   Tall Shrub 0.5 %         DBH DBH err Ht. Ht. Err # 7 cm ± 1 cm     1 stem(s) 15 Ilex opaca var. opaca Ilex opaca var. opaca **   Ilex opaca var. opaca **   Ilex opaca var. opaca **   Ilex opaca var. opaca **   Ilex opaca var. opaca **   Ilex opaca var. opaca **   Ilex opaca var. opaca **   Ilex opaca var. opaca **   Tall Shrub 0.5 %         -none- 16 Acer rubrum Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Tall Shrub 0.5 %         -none- 17 Rhododendron maximum Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Short Shrub 5 %         -none- 18 Parthenocissus quinquefolia Parthenocissus quinquefolia **   Parthenocissus quinquefolia **   Parthenocissus quinquefolia **   Parthenocissus quinquefolia **   Parthenocissus quinquefolia **   Parthenocissus quinquefolia **   Parthenocissus quinquefolia **   Parthenocissus quinquefolia **   Short Shrub 0.5 %         -none- 19 Rubus Rubus **   Rubus **   Rubus **   Rubus **   Rubus **   Rubus **   Rubus **   Rubus **   Short Shrub 0.5 %         -none- 20 Tsuga canadensis Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Short Shrub 0.5 %         -none- 21 Ilex opaca var. opaca Ilex opaca var. opaca **   Ilex opaca var. opaca **   Ilex opaca var. opaca **   Ilex opaca var. opaca **   Ilex opaca var. opaca **   Ilex opaca var. opaca **   Ilex opaca var. opaca **   Ilex opaca var. opaca **   Short Shrub 0.5 %         -none- 22 Vitis aestivalis Vitis aestivalis **   Vitis aestivalis **   Vitis aestivalis **   Vitis aestivalis **   Vitis aestivalis **   Vitis aestivalis **   Vitis aestivalis **   Vitis aestivalis **   Short Shrub 0.5 %         -none- 23 Carya alba Carya alba **   Carya alba **   Carya alba **   Carya alba **   Carya alba **   Carya alba **   Carya alba **   Carya alba **   Short Shrub 0.5 %         -none- 24 Toxicodendron radicans Toxicodendron radicans **   Toxicodendron radicans **   Toxicodendron radicans **   Toxicodendron radicans **   Toxicodendron radicans **   Toxicodendron radicans **   Toxicodendron radicans **   Toxicodendron radicans **   Short Shrub 0.5 %         -none- 25 Smilax rotundifolia Smilax rotundifolia **   Smilax rotundifolia **   Smilax rotundifolia **   Smilax rotundifolia **   Smilax rotundifolia **   Smilax rotundifolia **   Smilax rotundifolia **   Smilax rotundifolia **   Short Shrub 0.5 %         -none- 26 Oxydendrum arboreum Oxydendrum arboreum **   Oxydendrum arboreum **   Oxydendrum arboreum **   Oxydendrum arboreum **   Oxydendrum arboreum **   Oxydendrum arboreum **   Oxydendrum arboreum **   Oxydendrum arboreum **   Short Shrub 0.5 %         -none- 27 Quercus alba Quercus alba **   Quercus alba **   Quercus alba **   Quercus alba **   Quercus alba **   Quercus alba **   Quercus alba **   Quercus alba **   Short Shrub 0.00999999977648258 %         -none- 28 Sassafras albidum Sassafras albidum **   Sassafras albidum **   Sassafras albidum **   Sassafras albidum **   Sassafras albidum **   Sassafras albidum **   Sassafras albidum **   Sassafras albidum **   Short Shrub 0.00999999977648258 %         -none- 29 Quercus prinus Quercus prinus **   Quercus prinus **   Quercus prinus **   Quercus prinus **   Quercus prinus **   Quercus prinus **   Quercus prinus **   Quercus prinus **   Short Shrub 0.00999999977648258 %         -none- 30 Acer rubrum Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Short Shrub 0.00999999977648258 %         -none- 31 Quercus velutina Quercus velutina **   Quercus velutina **   Quercus velutina **   Quercus velutina **   Quercus velutina **   Quercus velutina **   Quercus velutina **   Quercus velutina **   Short Shrub 0.00999999977648258 %         -none- 32 Fraxinus americana Fraxinus americana **   Fraxinus americana **   Fraxinus americana **   Fraxinus americana **   Fraxinus americana **   Fraxinus americana **   Fraxinus americana **   Fraxinus americana **   Short Shrub 0.00999999977648258 %         -none- 33 Betula lenta Betula lenta **   Betula lenta **   Betula lenta **   Betula lenta **   Betula lenta **   Betula lenta **   Betula lenta **   Betula lenta **   Short Shrub 0.00999999977648258 %         -none- 34 Nyssa sylvatica Nyssa sylvatica **   Nyssa sylvatica **   Nyssa sylvatica **   Nyssa sylvatica **   Nyssa sylvatica **   Nyssa sylvatica **   Nyssa sylvatica **   Nyssa sylvatica **   Short Shrub 0.00999999977648258 %         -none- 35 Acer pensylvanicum Acer pensylvanicum **   Acer pensylvanicum **   Acer pensylvanicum **   Acer pensylvanicum **   Acer pensylvanicum **   Acer pensylvanicum **   Acer pensylvanicum **   Acer pensylvanicum **   Short Shrub 0.00999999977648258 %         -none- 36 Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana **   Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana **   Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana **   Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana **   Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana **   Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana **   Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana **   Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana **   Short Shrub 0.00999999977648258 %         -none- 37 Polystichum acrostichoides Polystichum acrostichoides **   Polystichum acrostichoides **   Polystichum acrostichoides **   Polystichum acrostichoides **   Polystichum acrostichoides **   Polystichum acrostichoides **   Polystichum acrostichoides **   Polystichum acrostichoides **   Herbaceous 1 %         -none- 38 Asplenium platyneuron Asplenium platyneuron **   Asplenium platyneuron **   Asplenium platyneuron **   Asplenium platyneuron **   Asplenium platyneuron **   Asplenium platyneuron **   Asplenium platyneuron **   Asplenium platyneuron **   Herbaceous 0.5 %         -none- 39 Dryopteris marginalis Dryopteris marginalis **   Dryopteris marginalis **   Dryopteris marginalis **   Dryopteris marginalis **   Dryopteris marginalis **   Dryopteris marginalis **   Dryopteris marginalis **   Dryopteris marginalis **   Herbaceous 0.5 %         -none- 40 Viola blanda var. blanda Viola blanda var. blanda **   Viola blanda var. blanda **   Viola blanda var. blanda **   Viola blanda var. blanda **   Viola blanda var. blanda **   Viola blanda var. blanda **   Viola blanda var. blanda **   Viola blanda var. blanda **   Herbaceous 0.00999999977648258 %         -none- 41 Eurybia divaricata Eurybia divaricata **   Eurybia divaricata **   Eurybia divaricata **   Eurybia divaricata **   Eurybia divaricata **   Eurybia divaricata **   Eurybia divaricata **   Eurybia divaricata **   Herbaceous 0.00999999977648258 %         -none- 42 Heuchera Heuchera **   Heuchera **   Heuchera **   Heuchera **   Heuchera **   Heuchera **   Heuchera **   Heuchera **   Herbaceous 0.00999999977648258 %         -none- 43 Aristolochia serpentaria Aristolochia serpentaria L. Aristolochia serpentaria Virginia snakeroot Aristolochia serpentaria **   Aristolochia serpentaria L. Aristolochia serpentaria Virginia snakeroot Aristolochia serpentaria **   Herbaceous 0.00999999977648258 %         -none- 44 Solidago caesia Solidago caesia **   Solidago caesia **   Solidago caesia **   Solidago caesia **   Solidago caesia **   Solidago caesia **   Solidago caesia **   Solidago caesia **   Herbaceous 0.00999999977648258 %         -none- 45 Thuidium delicatulum Thuidium delicatulum **   Thuidium delicatulum **   Thuidium delicatulum **   Thuidium delicatulum **   Thuidium delicatulum **   Thuidium delicatulum **   Thuidium delicatulum **   Thuidium delicatulum **   Nonvascular 1 %         -none- 46 Leucobryum glaucum Leucobryum glaucum **   Leucobryum glaucum **   Leucobryum glaucum **   Leucobryum glaucum **   Leucobryum glaucum **   Leucobryum glaucum **   Leucobryum glaucum **   Leucobryum glaucum **   Nonvascular 1 %         -none- 47 Green lichen on rock Green lichen on rock **   Green lichen on rock **   Green lichen on rock **   Green lichen on rock **   Green lichen on rock **   Green lichen on rock **   Green lichen on rock **   Green lichen on rock **   Nonvascular 0.5 %         -none- 48 Polytrichum Polytrichum **   Polytrichum **   Polytrichum **   Polytrichum **   Polytrichum **   Polytrichum **   Polytrichum **   Polytrichum **   Nonvascular 0.5 %         -none- 49 Rhododendron maximum Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Tree 20 %         -none- 50 Carya alba Carya alba **   Carya alba **   Carya alba **   Carya alba **   Carya alba **   Carya alba **   Carya alba **   Carya alba **   Tree 7 %         -none- 51 Vitis aestivalis Vitis aestivalis **   Vitis aestivalis **   Vitis aestivalis **   Vitis aestivalis **   Vitis aestivalis **   Vitis aestivalis **   Vitis aestivalis **   Vitis aestivalis **   Tree 1 %         -none-
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Stratum Definitions:
Stratum Type Stratum Base Stratum Height Stratum Cover Herbaceous 0 m 0.5 m 3 % Short Shrub 0.5 m 1 m 10 % Tall Shrub 2 m 5 m 20 % Sub-Canopy 10 m 15 m 20 % Canopy 20 m 35 m 60 % Tree       Nonvascular     3 %
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