095-MONF-0244
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Plot ID Fields:
Author Plot Code	095-MONF-0244
Author Observation Code	095-MONF-0244
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Confidentiality Status	100 km radius (nearest degree)
Latitude	39 º
Longitude	-79 º
State or Province	West Virginia
Named Places	county: Randolph region|state|province: West Virginia
Layout Fields:
Permanence	not permanent
Environment Fields:
Elevation	1214 m
Slope Aspect	236 º
Slope Gradient	1 º
Topographic Position	Upper slope
Landform	Ridge/interfluve
Surficial Deposits	sandstone
Rock Type	sandstone
Landscape Narrative	See obs. point MONF.242, MONF243, and MONF.204.;Gnarled and twisted forest dominated by red spruce and pitch pine with a dense almost impenetrable shrublayer of Kalmia latifolia. Many of the trees have broken ice damaged tops. There are areas where many of the pitch pines are dead, here a more deciduous dominated woodland occurs with the dominant tree being red maple. This area is likely stunted due to the harsh conditions of the e Allegheny Front. Ice storms, constant wind short summers, and long winters.
Representativeness	Large patch so a stunted forest/woodland. Unlike anything we have sampled thus far.
Hydrologic Regime	dry
Percent Bedrock	0.5 %
Percent Rock / Gravel	0 %
Percent Wood	10 %
Percent Litter	90 %
Percent Bare Soil	0 %
Percent Water	0 %
Percent Other	0 %
Methods Fields:
Observation Start Date	01-Sep-2005
Project	West Virginia NHP
Cover Method	Percentage (%)
Stratum Method	National Park Service
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	Picea rubens - Pinus rigida / Kalmia latifolia - Nemopanthus mucronata rocky woodland

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
Change Strata Shown: --choose one-- show strata show overall cover show strata + overall
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 Picea rubens Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Canopy 15 %         -none- 2 Pinus rigida Pinus rigida **   Pinus rigida **   Pinus rigida **   Pinus rigida **   Pinus rigida **   Pinus rigida **   Pinus rigida **   Pinus rigida **   Canopy 10 %         -none- 3 Acer rubrum Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Canopy 5 %         -none- 4 Tsuga canadensis Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Canopy 1 %         -none- 5 Betula alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis Betula alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis **   Canopy 0.5 %         -none- 6 Acer rubrum Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Tall Shrub 70 %         -none- 7 Nemopanthus mucronatus Nemopanthus mucronatus **   Nemopanthus mucronatus **   Nemopanthus mucronatus **   Nemopanthus mucronatus **   Nemopanthus mucronatus **   Nemopanthus mucronatus **   Nemopanthus mucronatus **   Nemopanthus mucronatus **   Tall Shrub 10 %         -none- 8 Picea rubens Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Tall Shrub 10 %         -none- 9 Betula alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis Betula alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis **   Tall Shrub 0.5 %         -none- 10 Tsuga canadensis Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tall Shrub 0.5 %         -none- 11 Kalmia latifolia Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Short Shrub 30 %         -none- 12 Menziesia pilosa Menziesia pilosa **   Menziesia pilosa **   Menziesia pilosa **   Menziesia pilosa **   Menziesia pilosa **   Menziesia pilosa **   Menziesia pilosa **   Menziesia pilosa **   Short Shrub 5 %         -none- 13 Nemopanthus mucronatus Nemopanthus mucronatus **   Nemopanthus mucronatus **   Nemopanthus mucronatus **   Nemopanthus mucronatus **   Nemopanthus mucronatus **   Nemopanthus mucronatus **   Nemopanthus mucronatus **   Nemopanthus mucronatus **   Short Shrub 3 %         -none- 14 Tsuga canadensis Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Short Shrub 0.5 %         -none- 15 Acer rubrum Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Short Shrub 0.5 %         -none- 16 Picea rubens Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Short Shrub 0.5 %         -none- 17 Maianthemum canadense Maianthemum canadense **   Maianthemum canadense **   Maianthemum canadense **   Maianthemum canadense **   Maianthemum canadense **   Maianthemum canadense **   Maianthemum canadense **   Maianthemum canadense **   Herbaceous 0.5 %         -none- 18 Aralia nudicaulis Aralia nudicaulis **   Aralia nudicaulis **   Aralia nudicaulis **   Aralia nudicaulis **   Aralia nudicaulis **   Aralia nudicaulis **   Aralia nudicaulis **   Aralia nudicaulis **   Herbaceous 0.5 %         -none- 19 Hypnum imponens Hypnum imponens **   Hypnum imponens **   Hypnum imponens **   Hypnum imponens **   Hypnum imponens **   Hypnum imponens **   Hypnum imponens **   Hypnum imponens **   Nonvascular 20 %         -none- 20 Thuidium delicatulum Thuidium delicatulum **   Thuidium delicatulum **   Thuidium delicatulum **   Thuidium delicatulum **   Thuidium delicatulum **   Thuidium delicatulum **   Thuidium delicatulum **   Thuidium delicatulum **   Nonvascular 15 %         -none- 21 Cladonia Cladonia **   Cladonia **   Cladonia **   Cladonia **   Cladonia **   Cladonia **   Cladonia **   Cladonia **   Nonvascular 0.5 %         -none- 22 Acer rubrum Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Tree 75 %         -none- 23 Picea rubens Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Tree 25 %         -none- 24 Nemopanthus mucronatus Nemopanthus mucronatus **   Nemopanthus mucronatus **   Nemopanthus mucronatus **   Nemopanthus mucronatus **   Nemopanthus mucronatus **   Nemopanthus mucronatus **   Nemopanthus mucronatus **   Nemopanthus mucronatus **   Tree 13 %         -none- 25 Betula alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis Betula alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis **   Tree 2 %         -none- 26 Tsuga canadensis Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tree 2 %         -none- 27 Betula alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis Betula alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis **   Sub-Canopy 1 %         -none-
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Stratum Definitions:
Stratum Type Stratum Base Stratum Height Stratum Cover Herbaceous 0 m 0.5 m 1 % Short Shrub 0.5 m 1 m 40 % Tall Shrub 1 m 2 m 90 % Sub-Canopy       Canopy 10 m 15 m 30 % Tree       Nonvascular 0 m 0.5 m 40 %
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