095-NICH-0002
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Plot ID Fields:
Author Plot Code	095-NICH-0002
Author Observation Code	095-NICH-0002
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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	669 m
Topographic Position	Plain/bottom
Landform	Floodplain
Surficial Deposits	alluvium
Rock Type	sandstone
Landscape Narrative	Buttonbush swamp intermixes with alder swamp in this wetland. Wetland is surrounded by residential, agricultural and strip mined land but the wetland itself (apprx 1000 feet wide and 2 miles long) has natural vegetation.;Alluvial floodlain shrub swamp with tall hummocks of sedge and shrubs as "islands" in wet season flooded terrain, between County Rd 3 and Big Beaver Creek. According to landowners, creek was severely altered and silted up by strip mining activity in the past 50 years. Beaver and otter have been observed by landowner in past and swamp white oak existed prior to mining.
Representativeness	Plot was placed to sample dominant Alder - Rose shrub swamp in this section of wetland.
Hydrologic Regime	temporarily flooded
Percent Bedrock	0 %
Percent Rock / Gravel	0 %
Percent Wood	0 %
Percent Litter	100 %
Percent Bare Soil	0 %
Percent Water	0 %
Percent Other	0 %
Methods Fields:
Observation Start Date	07-Sep-2010
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	none
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
--no data--
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative	Alnus serrulata - Hypericum densiflorum - Rosa palustris / Carex stricta shrub swamp

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 Hypericum densiflorum Hypericum densiflorum **   Hypericum densiflorum **   Hypericum densiflorum **   Hypericum densiflorum **   Hypericum densiflorum **   Hypericum densiflorum **   Hypericum densiflorum **   Hypericum densiflorum **   Tall Shrub 30 %         -none- 2 Alnus serrulata Alnus serrulata **   Alnus serrulata **   Alnus serrulata **   Alnus serrulata **   Alnus serrulata **   Alnus serrulata **   Alnus serrulata **   Alnus serrulata **   Tall Shrub 25 %         -none- 3 Rosa palustris Rosa palustris **   Rosa palustris **   Rosa palustris **   Rosa palustris **   Rosa palustris **   Rosa palustris **   Rosa palustris **   Rosa palustris **   Tall Shrub 20 %         -none- 4 Spiraea alba Spiraea alba **   Spiraea alba **   Spiraea alba **   Spiraea alba **   Spiraea alba **   Spiraea alba **   Spiraea alba **   Spiraea alba **   Tall Shrub 0.5 %         -none- 5 Cornus amomum Cornus amomum **   Cornus amomum **   Cornus amomum **   Cornus amomum **   Cornus amomum **   Cornus amomum **   Cornus amomum **   Cornus amomum **   Tall Shrub 0.5 %         -none- 6 Rubus Rubus **   Rubus **   Rubus **   Rubus **   Rubus **   Rubus **   Rubus **   Rubus **   Tall Shrub 0.00999999977648258 %         -none- 7 Apios americana Apios americana **   Apios americana **   Apios americana **   Apios americana **   Apios americana **   Apios americana **   Apios americana **   Apios americana **   Tall Shrub 0.00999999977648258 %         -none- 8 Hypericum densiflorum Hypericum densiflorum **   Hypericum densiflorum **   Hypericum densiflorum **   Hypericum densiflorum **   Hypericum densiflorum **   Hypericum densiflorum **   Hypericum densiflorum **   Hypericum densiflorum **   Short Shrub 3 %         -none- 9 Rosa palustris Rosa palustris **   Rosa palustris **   Rosa palustris **   Rosa palustris **   Rosa palustris **   Rosa palustris **   Rosa palustris **   Rosa palustris **   Short Shrub 2 %         -none- 10 Alnus serrulata Alnus serrulata **   Alnus serrulata **   Alnus serrulata **   Alnus serrulata **   Alnus serrulata **   Alnus serrulata **   Alnus serrulata **   Alnus serrulata **   Short Shrub 0.5 %         -none- 11 Carex stricta Carex stricta **   Carex stricta **   Carex stricta **   Carex stricta **   Carex stricta **   Carex stricta **   Carex stricta **   Carex stricta **   Herbaceous 25 %         -none- 12 Polygonum sagittatum Polygonum sagittatum **   Polygonum sagittatum **   Polygonum sagittatum **   Polygonum sagittatum **   Polygonum sagittatum **   Polygonum sagittatum **   Polygonum sagittatum **   Polygonum sagittatum **   Herbaceous 3 %         -none- 13 Ludwigia palustris Ludwigia palustris **   Ludwigia palustris **   Ludwigia palustris **   Ludwigia palustris **   Ludwigia palustris **   Ludwigia palustris **   Ludwigia palustris **   Ludwigia palustris **   Herbaceous 3 %         -none- 14 Galium tinctorium Galium tinctorium **   Galium tinctorium **   Galium tinctorium **   Galium tinctorium **   Galium tinctorium **   Galium tinctorium **   Galium tinctorium **   Galium tinctorium **   Herbaceous 1 %         -none- 15 Epilobium coloratum Epilobium coloratum **   Epilobium coloratum **   Epilobium coloratum **   Epilobium coloratum **   Epilobium coloratum **   Epilobium coloratum **   Epilobium coloratum **   Epilobium coloratum **   Herbaceous 0.5 %         -none- 16 Onoclea sensibilis Onoclea sensibilis **   Onoclea sensibilis **   Onoclea sensibilis **   Onoclea sensibilis **   Onoclea sensibilis **   Onoclea sensibilis **   Onoclea sensibilis **   Onoclea sensibilis **   Herbaceous 0.5 %         -none- 17 Impatiens capensis Impatiens capensis **   Impatiens capensis **   Impatiens capensis **   Impatiens capensis **   Impatiens capensis **   Impatiens capensis **   Impatiens capensis **   Impatiens capensis **   Herbaceous 0.5 %         -none- 18 Boehmeria cylindrica Boehmeria cylindrica **   Boehmeria cylindrica **   Boehmeria cylindrica **   Boehmeria cylindrica **   Boehmeria cylindrica **   Boehmeria cylindrica **   Boehmeria cylindrica **   Boehmeria cylindrica **   Herbaceous 0.5 %         -none- 19 Verbena hastata var. hastata Verbena hastata var. hastata **   Verbena hastata var. hastata **   Verbena hastata var. hastata **   Verbena hastata var. hastata **   Verbena hastata var. hastata **   Verbena hastata var. hastata **   Verbena hastata var. hastata **   Verbena hastata var. hastata **   Herbaceous 0.00999999977648258 %         -none- 20 Dryopteris cristata Dryopteris cristata **   Dryopteris cristata **   Dryopteris cristata **   Dryopteris cristata **   Dryopteris cristata **   Dryopteris cristata **   Dryopteris cristata **   Dryopteris cristata **   Herbaceous 0.00999999977648258 %         -none- 21 Scutellaria lateriflora var. lateriflora Scutellaria lateriflora var. lateriflora **   Scutellaria lateriflora var. lateriflora **   Scutellaria lateriflora var. lateriflora **   Scutellaria lateriflora var. lateriflora **   Scutellaria lateriflora var. lateriflora **   Scutellaria lateriflora var. lateriflora **   Scutellaria lateriflora var. lateriflora **   Scutellaria lateriflora var. lateriflora **   Herbaceous 0.00999999977648258 %         -none- 22 Oxypolis rigidior Oxypolis rigidior **   Oxypolis rigidior **   Oxypolis rigidior **   Oxypolis rigidior **   Oxypolis rigidior **   Oxypolis rigidior **   Oxypolis rigidior **   Oxypolis rigidior **   Herbaceous 0.00999999977648258 %         -none- 23 Juncus effusus Juncus effusus **   Juncus effusus **   Juncus effusus **   Juncus effusus **   Juncus effusus **   Juncus effusus **   Juncus effusus **   Juncus effusus **   Herbaceous 0.00999999977648258 %         -none- 24 Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens **   Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens **   Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens **   Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens **   Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens **   Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens **   Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens **   Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens **   Herbaceous 0.00999999977648258 %         -none- 25 Hypericum densiflorum Hypericum densiflorum **   Hypericum densiflorum **   Hypericum densiflorum **   Hypericum densiflorum **   Hypericum densiflorum **   Hypericum densiflorum **   Hypericum densiflorum **   Hypericum densiflorum **   Tree 33 %         -none- 26 Rosa palustris Rosa palustris **   Rosa palustris **   Rosa palustris **   Rosa palustris **   Rosa palustris **   Rosa palustris **   Rosa palustris **   Rosa palustris **   Tree 22 %         -none-
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Stratum Definitions:
Stratum Type Stratum Base Stratum Height Stratum Cover Herbaceous 0.5 m 1 m 40 % Short Shrub   1 m 5 % Tall Shrub   4 m 80 % Tree
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