095-UPSH-0004
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Plot ID Fields:
Author Plot Code	095-UPSH-0004
Author Observation Code	095-UPSH-0004
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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: Upshur 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	487 m
Slope Aspect	150 º
Slope Gradient	3 º
Topographic Position	Channel
Landform	Channel (below bankfull)
Surficial Deposits	alluvium
Rock Type	sandstone
Landscape Narrative	Steep gradient river through industrial coal/timber lands and small holdings with trailers. Downstream are known occurrences of Virginia Spiraea and Barbara's buttons, which we are searching for here.;Frequently flooded boulder bar along class 3-4 rapids reach of river. Community is on flood battered head of island. Lower positions in plot were flooded recently with fresh wet silt on cobble and basal stems. Community is a sunny shrub-prairie dominated by big blue stem over shorter shrubs (blackgum, white azalea, alder) with a ring of 2m tall sycamore on river's edge. Abundance of white-topped aster mimics Rand's goldenrod found in similar habitat elsewhere.
Representativeness	Almost entire patch of riverscour prairie with no canopy cover in the tree classes. Represented in small patches along high gradient reach from Ten Mile downstream to Sago. Similar to Gauley but lower diversity.
Hydrologic Regime	temporarily flooded
Percent Bedrock	0 %
Percent Rock / Gravel	68 %
Percent Wood	1 %
Percent Litter	5 %
Percent Bare Soil	25 %
Percent Water	1 %
Percent Other	0 %
Methods Fields:
Observation Start Date	09-Sep-2011
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:
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Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative	Platanus occidentalis / Andropogon gerardii - Sericocarpus asteroides riverscour prairie

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 Platanus occidentalis Platanus occidentalis **   Platanus occidentalis **   Platanus occidentalis **   Platanus occidentalis **   Platanus occidentalis **   Platanus occidentalis **   Platanus occidentalis **   Platanus occidentalis **   Tall Shrub 5 %         -none- 2 Nyssa sylvatica Nyssa sylvatica **   Nyssa sylvatica **   Nyssa sylvatica **   Nyssa sylvatica **   Nyssa sylvatica **   Nyssa sylvatica **   Nyssa sylvatica **   Nyssa sylvatica **   Short Shrub 5 %         -none- 3 Rhododendron arborescens Rhododendron arborescens **   Rhododendron arborescens **   Rhododendron arborescens **   Rhododendron arborescens **   Rhododendron arborescens **   Rhododendron arborescens **   Rhododendron arborescens **   Rhododendron arborescens **   Short Shrub 5 %         -none- 4 Ilex verticillata Ilex verticillata **   Ilex verticillata **   Ilex verticillata **   Ilex verticillata **   Ilex verticillata **   Ilex verticillata **   Ilex verticillata **   Ilex verticillata **   Short Shrub 3 %         -none- 5 Alnus serrulata Alnus serrulata **   Alnus serrulata **   Alnus serrulata **   Alnus serrulata **   Alnus serrulata **   Alnus serrulata **   Alnus serrulata **   Alnus serrulata **   Short Shrub 1 %         -none- 6 Smilax glauca Smilax glauca **   Smilax glauca **   Smilax glauca **   Smilax glauca **   Smilax glauca **   Smilax glauca **   Smilax glauca **   Smilax glauca **   Short Shrub 0.5 %         -none- 7 Spiraea japonica var. fortunei Spiraea japonica var. fortunei **   Spiraea japonica var. fortunei **   Spiraea japonica var. fortunei **   Spiraea japonica var. fortunei **   Spiraea japonica var. fortunei **   Spiraea japonica var. fortunei **   Spiraea japonica var. fortunei **   Spiraea japonica var. fortunei **   Short Shrub 0.5 %         -none- 8 Platanus occidentalis Platanus occidentalis **   Platanus occidentalis **   Platanus occidentalis **   Platanus occidentalis **   Platanus occidentalis **   Platanus occidentalis **   Platanus occidentalis **   Platanus occidentalis **   Short Shrub 0.5 %         -none- 9 Rubus Rubus **   Rubus **   Rubus **   Rubus **   Rubus **   Rubus **   Rubus **   Rubus **   Short Shrub 0.5 %         -none- 10 Salix Salix **   Salix **   Salix **   Salix **   Salix **   Salix **   Salix **   Salix **   Short Shrub 0.5 %         -none- 11 Xanthorhiza simplicissima Xanthorhiza simplicissima **   Xanthorhiza simplicissima **   Xanthorhiza simplicissima **   Xanthorhiza simplicissima **   Xanthorhiza simplicissima **   Xanthorhiza simplicissima **   Xanthorhiza simplicissima **   Xanthorhiza simplicissima **   Short Shrub 0.5 %         -none- 12 Quercus alba Quercus alba **   Quercus alba **   Quercus alba **   Quercus alba **   Quercus alba **   Quercus alba **   Quercus alba **   Quercus alba **   Short Shrub 0.00999999977648258 %         -none- 13 Rhus copallinum Rhus copallinum **   Rhus copallinum **   Rhus copallinum **   Rhus copallinum **   Rhus copallinum **   Rhus copallinum **   Rhus copallinum **   Rhus copallinum **   Short Shrub 0.00999999977648258 %         -none- 14 Andropogon gerardii Andropogon gerardii **   Andropogon gerardii **   Andropogon gerardii **   Andropogon gerardii **   Andropogon gerardii **   Andropogon gerardii **   Andropogon gerardii **   Andropogon gerardii **   Herbaceous 20 %         -none- 15 Solidago Solidago **   Solidago **   Solidago **   Solidago **   Solidago **   Solidago **   Solidago **   Solidago **   Herbaceous 5 %         -none- 16 Euphorbia corollata Euphorbia corollata **   Euphorbia corollata **   Euphorbia corollata **   Euphorbia corollata **   Euphorbia corollata **   Euphorbia corollata **   Euphorbia corollata **   Euphorbia corollata **   Herbaceous 1 %         -none- 17 Coreopsis major Coreopsis major **   Coreopsis major **   Coreopsis major **   Coreopsis major **   Coreopsis major **   Coreopsis major **   Coreopsis major **   Coreopsis major **   Herbaceous 0.5 %         -none- 18 Hypericum punctatum Hypericum punctatum **   Hypericum punctatum **   Hypericum punctatum **   Hypericum punctatum **   Hypericum punctatum **   Hypericum punctatum **   Hypericum punctatum **   Hypericum punctatum **   Herbaceous 0.5 %         -none- 19 Helenium autumnale var. autumnale Helenium autumnale var. autumnale **   Helenium autumnale var. autumnale **   Helenium autumnale var. autumnale **   Helenium autumnale var. autumnale **   Helenium autumnale var. autumnale **   Helenium autumnale var. autumnale **   Helenium autumnale var. autumnale **   Helenium autumnale var. autumnale **   Herbaceous 0.5 %         -none- 20 Packera aurea Packera aurea **   Packera aurea **   Packera aurea **   Packera aurea **   Packera aurea **   Packera aurea **   Packera aurea **   Packera aurea **   Herbaceous 0.5 %         -none- 21 Viola cucullata Viola cucullata **   Viola cucullata **   Viola cucullata **   Viola cucullata **   Viola cucullata **   Viola cucullata **   Viola cucullata **   Viola cucullata **   Herbaceous 0.5 %         -none- 22 Potentilla simplex Potentilla simplex **   Potentilla simplex **   Potentilla simplex **   Potentilla simplex **   Potentilla simplex **   Potentilla simplex **   Potentilla simplex **   Potentilla simplex **   Herbaceous 0.5 %         -none- 23 Houstonia serpyllifolia Houstonia serpyllifolia **   Houstonia serpyllifolia **   Houstonia serpyllifolia **   Houstonia serpyllifolia **   Houstonia serpyllifolia **   Houstonia serpyllifolia **   Houstonia serpyllifolia **   Houstonia serpyllifolia **   Herbaceous 0.5 %         -none- 24 Dichanthelium dichotomum ssp. microcarpon Dichanthelium dichotomum ssp. microcarpon **   Dichanthelium dichotomum ssp. microcarpon **   Dichanthelium dichotomum ssp. microcarpon **   Dichanthelium dichotomum ssp. microcarpon **   Dichanthelium dichotomum ssp. microcarpon **   Dichanthelium dichotomum ssp. microcarpon **   Dichanthelium dichotomum ssp. microcarpon **   Dichanthelium dichotomum ssp. microcarpon **   Herbaceous 0.5 %         -none- 25 Lycopus virginicus Lycopus virginicus **   Lycopus virginicus **   Lycopus virginicus **   Lycopus virginicus **   Lycopus virginicus **   Lycopus virginicus **   Lycopus virginicus **   Lycopus virginicus **   Herbaceous 0.5 %         -none- 26 Trautvetteria caroliniensis var. caroliniensis Trautvetteria caroliniensis var. caroliniensis **   Trautvetteria caroliniensis var. caroliniensis **   Trautvetteria caroliniensis var. caroliniensis **   Trautvetteria caroliniensis var. caroliniensis **   Trautvetteria caroliniensis var. caroliniensis **   Trautvetteria caroliniensis var. caroliniensis **   Trautvetteria caroliniensis var. caroliniensis **   Trautvetteria caroliniensis var. caroliniensis **   Herbaceous 0.5 %         -none- 27 Dichanthelium clandestinum Dichanthelium clandestinum **   Dichanthelium clandestinum **   Dichanthelium clandestinum **   Dichanthelium clandestinum **   Dichanthelium clandestinum **   Dichanthelium clandestinum **   Dichanthelium clandestinum **   Dichanthelium clandestinum **   Herbaceous 0.5 %         -none- 28 Eupatorium fistulosum Eupatorium fistulosum **   Eupatorium fistulosum **   Eupatorium fistulosum **   Eupatorium fistulosum **   Eupatorium fistulosum **   Eupatorium fistulosum **   Eupatorium fistulosum **   Eupatorium fistulosum **   Herbaceous 0.5 %         -none- 29 Sorghastrum nutans Sorghastrum nutans **   Sorghastrum nutans **   Sorghastrum nutans **   Sorghastrum nutans **   Sorghastrum nutans **   Sorghastrum nutans **   Sorghastrum nutans **   Sorghastrum nutans **   Herbaceous 0.5 %         -none- 30 Convulvulaceae Convulvulaceae **   Convulvulaceae **   Convulvulaceae **   Convulvulaceae **   Convulvulaceae **   Convulvulaceae **   Convulvulaceae **   Convulvulaceae **   Herbaceous 0.5 %         -none- 31 Lobelia cardinalis Lobelia cardinalis **   Lobelia cardinalis **   Lobelia cardinalis **   Lobelia cardinalis **   Lobelia cardinalis **   Lobelia cardinalis **   Lobelia cardinalis **   Lobelia cardinalis **   Herbaceous 0.00999999977648258 %         -none-
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Stratum Definitions:
Stratum Type Stratum Base Stratum Height Stratum Cover Herbaceous     30 % Short Shrub 0.5 m 1 m 20 % Tall Shrub 2 m 5 m 5 %
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