095-MONF-0603
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Plot ID Fields:
Author Plot Code	095-MONF-0603
Author Observation Code	095-MONF-0603
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Confidentiality Status	100 km radius (nearest degree)
Latitude	39 º
Longitude	-80 º
State or Province	West Virginia
Named Places	county: Randolph 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	1075 m
Slope Aspect	163 º
Slope Gradient	10 º
Topographic Position	High level
Landform	Boulderfield/talus
Surficial Deposits	sandstone
Rock Type	sandstone
Landscape Narrative	Plot is surrounded by a red spruce / great laurel - mountain laurel shrubland, beyond that is a spruce - hemlock / great laurel forest, There is also a large deciduous forest signature beyond that which is a black cherry - red maple - yellow birch / American beech / hayscented fern. Devil's Gulch is located ca. 1 mile South of plot, Moore Run is located ca. 0.7 of a mile North, Otter Creek is ca. 1.2 miles E and McGowen Mountain is 1.6 miles West. Area is isolated and untouched since it was designated as wilderness in 1975.;Open exposed rock pile consisting of 2 dm thick x 0.5m across angular chunks of weathered sandstone. There is some scattered woody debris in plot with some fire scarring. Nosigns of recent anthropologic disturbance. Site is protected by near impenetrable Rhodendron maximum in all directions. This is one of the nicest occurrences I have had the pleasure to observe. Likely it was once a spruce - hemlock / rhododendron forest which was opened by post logging fires roughly 100 years ago.
Representativeness	Small patch crustose lichen covered boulderfield. Similar to plots sampled on Tea Creek Mountain, Little Canaan WMA, and others. Different from cliff plots previously sampled in Otter Creek. This is an angular blocky rock pile as opposed to large 40 ft ta
Hydrologic Regime	very dry
Percent Bedrock	0 %
Percent Rock / Gravel	0 %
Percent Wood	0 %
Percent Litter	0 %
Percent Bare Soil	0 %
Percent Water	0 %
Percent Other	0 %
Name Other	no soils, cliff plot
Methods Fields:
Observation Start Date	30-Oct-2014
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	Fuscidea - Porpidia covered boulder pile

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 Kalmia latifolia Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Tall Shrub 0.5 %         -none- 2 Oxydendrum arboreum Oxydendrum arboreum **   Oxydendrum arboreum **   Oxydendrum arboreum **   Oxydendrum arboreum **   Oxydendrum arboreum **   Oxydendrum arboreum **   Oxydendrum arboreum **   Oxydendrum arboreum **   Tall Shrub 0.5 %         -none- 3 Picea rubens Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Tall Shrub 0.5 %         -none- 4 Rhododendron maximum Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Tall Shrub 0.5 %         -none- 5 Tsuga canadensis Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Short Shrub 0.5 %         -none- 6 Rhododendron maximum Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Short Shrub 0.5 %         -none- 7 Betula lenta Betula lenta **   Betula lenta **   Betula lenta **   Betula lenta **   Betula lenta **   Betula lenta **   Betula lenta **   Betula lenta **   Short Shrub 0.5 %         -none- 8 Oxydendrum arboreum Oxydendrum arboreum **   Oxydendrum arboreum **   Oxydendrum arboreum **   Oxydendrum arboreum **   Oxydendrum arboreum **   Oxydendrum arboreum **   Oxydendrum arboreum **   Oxydendrum arboreum **   Short Shrub 0.5 %         -none- 9 Picea rubens Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Short Shrub 0.5 %         -none- 10 Kalmia latifolia Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Short Shrub 0.00999999977648258 %         -none- 11 Carex brunnescens Carex brunnescens **   Carex brunnescens **   Carex brunnescens **   Carex brunnescens **   Carex brunnescens **   Carex brunnescens **   Carex brunnescens **   Carex brunnescens **   Herbaceous 0.00999999977648258 %         -none- 12 Dennstaedtia punctilobula Dennstaedtia punctilobula **   Dennstaedtia punctilobula **   Dennstaedtia punctilobula **   Dennstaedtia punctilobula **   Dennstaedtia punctilobula **   Dennstaedtia punctilobula **   Dennstaedtia punctilobula **   Dennstaedtia punctilobula **   Herbaceous 0.00999999977648258 %         -none- 13 Fuscidea arcuatula Fuscidea arcuatula **   Fuscidea arcuatula **   Fuscidea arcuatula **   Fuscidea arcuatula **   Fuscidea arcuatula **   Fuscidea arcuatula **   Fuscidea arcuatula **   Fuscidea arcuatula **   Nonvascular 25 %         -none- 14 Porpidia subsimplex Porpidia subsimplex **   Porpidia subsimplex **   Porpidia subsimplex **   Porpidia subsimplex **   Porpidia subsimplex **   Porpidia subsimplex **   Porpidia subsimplex **   Porpidia subsimplex **   Nonvascular 20 %         -none- 15 Lecidea auriculata Lecidea auriculata **   Lecidea auriculata **   Lecidea auriculata **   Lecidea auriculata **   Lecidea auriculata **   Lecidea auriculata **   Lecidea auriculata **   Lecidea auriculata **   Nonvascular 5 %         -none- 16 Trapeliopsis granulosa Trapeliopsis granulosa **   Trapeliopsis granulosa **   Trapeliopsis granulosa **   Trapeliopsis granulosa **   Trapeliopsis granulosa **   Trapeliopsis granulosa **   Trapeliopsis granulosa **   Trapeliopsis granulosa **   Nonvascular 3 %         -none- 17 Cladonia grayi Cladonia grayi **   Cladonia grayi **   Cladonia grayi **   Cladonia grayi **   Cladonia grayi **   Cladonia grayi **   Cladonia grayi **   Cladonia grayi **   Nonvascular 2 %         -none- 18 Umbilicaria muehlenbergii Umbilicaria muehlenbergii **   Umbilicaria muehlenbergii **   Umbilicaria muehlenbergii **   Umbilicaria muehlenbergii **   Umbilicaria muehlenbergii **   Umbilicaria muehlenbergii **   Umbilicaria muehlenbergii **   Umbilicaria muehlenbergii **   Nonvascular 1 %         -none- 19 Cladonia crispata Cladonia crispata **   Cladonia crispata **   Cladonia crispata **   Cladonia crispata **   Cladonia crispata **   Cladonia crispata **   Cladonia crispata **   Cladonia crispata **   Nonvascular 1 %         -none- 20 Cladonia strepsilis Cladonia strepsilis **   Cladonia strepsilis **   Cladonia strepsilis **   Cladonia strepsilis **   Cladonia strepsilis **   Cladonia strepsilis **   Cladonia strepsilis **   Cladonia strepsilis **   Nonvascular 1 %         -none- 21 Cladonia macilenta var. macilenta Cladonia macilenta var. macilenta **   Cladonia macilenta var. macilenta **   Cladonia macilenta var. macilenta **   Cladonia macilenta var. macilenta **   Cladonia macilenta var. macilenta **   Cladonia macilenta var. macilenta **   Cladonia macilenta var. macilenta **   Cladonia macilenta var. macilenta **   Nonvascular 1 %         -none- 22 Hypnum Hypnum **   Hypnum **   Hypnum **   Hypnum **   Hypnum **   Hypnum **   Hypnum **   Hypnum **   Nonvascular 0.5 %         -none- 23 cushion moss cushion moss **   cushion moss **   cushion moss **   cushion moss **   cushion moss **   cushion moss **   cushion moss **   cushion moss **   Nonvascular 0.5 %         -none- 24 Cladonia macilenta var. bacillaris Cladonia macilenta var. bacillaris **   Cladonia macilenta var. bacillaris **   Cladonia macilenta var. bacillaris **   Cladonia macilenta var. bacillaris **   Cladonia macilenta var. bacillaris **   Cladonia macilenta var. bacillaris **   Cladonia macilenta var. bacillaris **   Cladonia macilenta var. bacillaris **   Nonvascular 0.5 %         -none- 25 Polytrichum Polytrichum **   Polytrichum **   Polytrichum **   Polytrichum **   Polytrichum **   Polytrichum **   Polytrichum **   Polytrichum **   Nonvascular 0.5 %         -none- 26 Lasallia papulosa Lasallia papulosa **   Lasallia papulosa **   Lasallia papulosa **   Lasallia papulosa **   Lasallia papulosa **   Lasallia papulosa **   Lasallia papulosa **   Lasallia papulosa **   Nonvascular 0.5 %         -none- 27 Imshaugia aleurites Imshaugia aleurites **   Imshaugia aleurites **   Imshaugia aleurites **   Imshaugia aleurites **   Imshaugia aleurites **   Imshaugia aleurites **   Imshaugia aleurites **   Imshaugia aleurites **   Nonvascular 0.5 %         -none- 28 Leucobryum glaucum Leucobryum glaucum **   Leucobryum glaucum **   Leucobryum glaucum **   Leucobryum glaucum **   Leucobryum glaucum **   Leucobryum glaucum **   Leucobryum glaucum **   Leucobryum glaucum **   Nonvascular 0.5 %         -none- 29 Lepraria disjuncta Lepraria disjuncta **   Lepraria disjuncta **   Lepraria disjuncta **   Lepraria disjuncta **   Lepraria disjuncta **   Lepraria disjuncta **   Lepraria disjuncta **   Lepraria disjuncta **   Nonvascular 0.00999999977648258 %         -none- 30 Oxydendrum arboreum Oxydendrum arboreum **   Oxydendrum arboreum **   Oxydendrum arboreum **   Oxydendrum arboreum **   Oxydendrum arboreum **   Oxydendrum arboreum **   Oxydendrum arboreum **   Oxydendrum arboreum **   Tree 1 %         -none- 31 Rhododendron maximum Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Tree 1 %         -none- 32 Picea rubens Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Tree 1 %         -none-
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Stratum Definitions:
Stratum Type Stratum Base Stratum Height Stratum Cover Herbaceous     1 % Short Shrub 0.5 m 1 m 1 % Tall Shrub 1 m 2 m 1 % Tree       Nonvascular     60 %
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