114-01-0014
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Plot ID Fields:
Author Plot Code	114-01-0014
Author Observation Code	114-01-0014
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Location Accuracy	2 m
Confidentiality Status	exact location
Latitude	35.64210662 º
Longitude	-79.76349971 º
Author Location	Purgatory Mountain, NC Zoo
Location Narrative	In saddle on ridge between Purgatory Mt and Middle Mt.
State or Province	North Carolina
Country	United States
Named Places	region|state|province: North Carolina area|country|territory: United States quadrangle: Asheboro county: Randolph
Layout Fields:
Azimuth	243 º
Placement Method	Representative
Permanence	not permanent
Environment Fields:
Stand Size	Very small
Elevation	236.59 m
Slope Aspect	190 º
Slope Gradient	1 º
Topographic Position	Interfluve
Landform	saddle
Homogeneity	compositional trend across plot
Phenologic Aspect	typical growing season
Hydrologic Regime	Temporarily flooded
Soil Drainage	very poorly drained
Water Salinity	Freshwater
Water Depth	0.19 m
Organic Depth	4 cm
Soil Taxon	GEORGEVILLE
Methods Fields:
Observation Start Date	02-Jun-2009
Project	Carolina Vegetation Survey (114): Piedmont Nonalluvials
Cover Method	Carolina Vegetation Survey
Stratum Method	NVC Standard 2004
Taxon Observation Area	100 m²
Overall Taxon Cover Values are Automatically Calculated?	no
Stem Observation Area	100 m²
Plot Quality Fields:
Effort Level	Very thorough
Plot Validation Level	(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
Floristic Quality	High
Bryophyte Quality	Low
Lichen Quality	Not examined
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
--no data--
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative	Quercus phellos & Liquidambar in the canopy. Vaccinium fuscatum, Smilax rotundifolia and Leucothoe are common shrubs along edge. The herb layer is primarily Sphagnum & Carex joorii.

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 Liquidambar styraciflua Liquidambar styraciflua **   Liquidambar styraciflua **   Liquidambar styraciflua **   Liquidambar styraciflua **   Liquidambar styraciflua **   Liquidambar styraciflua **   Liquidambar styraciflua **   Liquidambar styraciflua **   Tree 17.5 % 6       -none- 2 Quercus phellos Quercus phellos **   Quercus phellos **   Quercus phellos **   Quercus phellos **   Quercus phellos **   Quercus phellos **   Quercus phellos **   Quercus phellos **   Tree 17.5 % 6       -none- 3 Acer rubrum var. rubrum Acer rubrum var. rubrum **   Acer rubrum var. rubrum **   Acer rubrum var. rubrum **   Acer rubrum var. rubrum **   Acer rubrum var. rubrum **   Acer rubrum var. rubrum **   Acer rubrum var. rubrum **   Acer rubrum var. rubrum **   Tree 7.5 % 5       -none- 4 Eubotrys racemosa Eubotrys racemosa **   Eubotrys racemosa **   Eubotrys racemosa **   Eubotrys racemosa **   Eubotrys racemosa **   Eubotrys racemosa **   Eubotrys racemosa **   Eubotrys racemosa **   Shrub 7.5 % 5       -none- 5 Smilax rotundifolia Smilax rotundifolia **   Smilax rotundifolia **   Smilax rotundifolia **   Smilax rotundifolia **   Smilax rotundifolia **   Smilax rotundifolia **   Smilax rotundifolia **   Smilax rotundifolia **   Shrub 3.5 % 4       -none- 6 Vaccinium fuscatum Vaccinium fuscatum **   Vaccinium fuscatum **   Vaccinium fuscatum **   Vaccinium fuscatum **   Vaccinium fuscatum **   Vaccinium fuscatum **   Vaccinium fuscatum **   Vaccinium fuscatum **   Shrub 0.505 % 2       -none- 7 Quercus phellos Quercus phellos **   Quercus phellos **   Quercus phellos **   Quercus phellos **   Quercus phellos **   Quercus phellos **   Quercus phellos **   Quercus phellos **   Shrub 0.505 % 2       -none- 8 Carex joorii Carex joorii **   Carex joorii **   Carex joorii **   Carex joorii **   Carex joorii **   Carex joorii **   Carex joorii **   Carex joorii **   Herb 37.5 % 7       -none- 9 Sphagnum spp. Sphagnum spp. **   Sphagnum spp. **   Sphagnum spp. **   Sphagnum spp. **   Sphagnum L. Sphagnum Sphagnum spp. **   SPHAG2 Herb 3.5 % 4       -none- 10 Bryophyta sp. #2 Bryophyta sp. #2 **   Bryophyta sp. #2 **   Bryophyta sp. #2 **   Bryophyta sp. #2 **   Bryophyta sp. #2 **   Bryophyta sp. #2 **   Bryophyta sp. #2 **   Bryophyta sp. #2 **   Herb 0.505 % 2       -none- 11 Bryophyta sp. #4 Bryophyta sp. #4 **   Bryophyta sp. #4 **   Bryophyta sp. #4 **   Bryophyta sp. #4 **   Bryophyta sp. #4 **   Bryophyta sp. #4 **   Bryophyta sp. #4 **   Bryophyta sp. #4 **   Herb 0.505 % 2       -none- 12 Acer rubrum var. rubrum Acer rubrum var. rubrum **   Acer rubrum var. rubrum **   Acer rubrum var. rubrum **   Acer rubrum var. rubrum **   Acer rubrum var. rubrum **   Acer rubrum var. rubrum **   Acer rubrum var. rubrum **   Acer rubrum var. rubrum **   Herb 0.505 % 2       -none- 13 Eubotrys racemosa Eubotrys racemosa **   Eubotrys racemosa **   Eubotrys racemosa **   Eubotrys racemosa **   Eubotrys racemosa **   Eubotrys racemosa **   Eubotrys racemosa **   Eubotrys racemosa **   Herb 0.505 % 2       -none- 14 Quercus phellos Quercus phellos **   Quercus phellos **   Quercus phellos **   Quercus phellos **   Quercus phellos **   Quercus phellos **   Quercus phellos **   Quercus phellos **   Herb 0.505 % 2       -none- 15 Bryophyta sp. Bryophyta sp. **   Bryophyta sp. **   Bryophyta sp. **   Bryophyta sp. **   Bryophyta sp. **   Bryophyta sp. **   Bryophyta sp. **   Bryophyta sp. **   Herb 0.505 % 2       -none- 16 Smilax rotundifolia Smilax rotundifolia **   Smilax rotundifolia **   Smilax rotundifolia **   Smilax rotundifolia **   Smilax rotundifolia **   Smilax rotundifolia **   Smilax rotundifolia **   Smilax rotundifolia **   Herb 0.505 % 2       -none- 17 Carex sp. Carex sp. **   Carex sp. **   Carex sp. **   Carex sp. **   Carex sp. **   Carex sp. **   Carex sp. **   Carex sp. **   Herb 0.505 % 2       -none- 18 Bryophyta sp. #5 Bryophyta sp. #5 **   Bryophyta sp. #5 **   Bryophyta sp. #5 **   Bryophyta sp. #5 **   Bryophyta sp. #5 **   Bryophyta sp. #5 **   Bryophyta sp. #5 **   Bryophyta sp. #5 **   Herb 0.505 % 2       -none- 19 Bryophyta sp. #3 Bryophyta sp. #3 **   Bryophyta sp. #3 **   Bryophyta sp. #3 **   Bryophyta sp. #3 **   Bryophyta sp. #3 **   Bryophyta sp. #3 **   Bryophyta sp. #3 **   Bryophyta sp. #3 **   Herb 0.505 % 2       -none- 20 Carex joorii Carex joorii **   Carex joorii **   Carex joorii **   Carex joorii **   Carex joorii **   Carex joorii **   Carex joorii **   Carex joorii **   module 37.5 % 7       -none- 21 Quercus phellos Quercus phellos **   Quercus phellos **   Quercus phellos **   Quercus phellos **   Quercus phellos **   Quercus phellos **   Quercus phellos **   Quercus phellos **   module 17.5 % 6       DBH DBH err Ht. Ht. Err # 0.5 cm ± 0.5 cm     1 stem(s) 12.5 cm ± 2.5 cm     1 stem(s) 22 Liquidambar styraciflua Liquidambar styraciflua **   Liquidambar styraciflua **   Liquidambar styraciflua **   Liquidambar styraciflua **   Liquidambar styraciflua **   Liquidambar styraciflua **   Liquidambar styraciflua **   Liquidambar styraciflua **   module 17.5 % 6       DBH DBH err Ht. Ht. Err # 12.5 cm ± 2.5 cm     3 stem(s) 17.5 cm ± 2.5 cm     2 stem(s) 27.5 cm ± 2.5 cm     1 stem(s) 23 Acer rubrum var. rubrum Acer rubrum var. rubrum **   Acer rubrum var. rubrum **   Acer rubrum var. rubrum **   Acer rubrum var. rubrum **   Acer rubrum var. rubrum **   Acer rubrum var. rubrum **   Acer rubrum var. rubrum **   Acer rubrum var. rubrum **   module 7.5 % 5       DBH DBH err Ht. Ht. Err # 3.75 cm ± 1.25 cm     1 stem(s) 24 Eubotrys racemosa Eubotrys racemosa **   Eubotrys racemosa **   Eubotrys racemosa **   Eubotrys racemosa **   Eubotrys racemosa **   Eubotrys racemosa **   Eubotrys racemosa **   Eubotrys racemosa **   module 7.5 % 5       DBH DBH err Ht. Ht. Err # 0.5 cm ± 0.5 cm     23 stem(s) 1.75 cm ± 0.75 cm     10 stem(s) 25 Sphagnum spp. Sphagnum spp. **   Sphagnum spp. **   Sphagnum spp. **   Sphagnum spp. **   Sphagnum L. Sphagnum Sphagnum spp. **   SPHAG2 module 3.5 % 4       -none- 26 Smilax rotundifolia Smilax rotundifolia **   Smilax rotundifolia **   Smilax rotundifolia **   Smilax rotundifolia **   Smilax rotundifolia **   Smilax rotundifolia **   Smilax rotundifolia **   Smilax rotundifolia **   module 3.5 % 4       DBH DBH err Ht. Ht. Err # 0.5 cm ± 0.5 cm     16 stem(s) 27 Vaccinium fuscatum Vaccinium fuscatum **   Vaccinium fuscatum **   Vaccinium fuscatum **   Vaccinium fuscatum **   Vaccinium fuscatum **   Vaccinium fuscatum **   Vaccinium fuscatum **   Vaccinium fuscatum **   module 0.505 % 2       DBH DBH err Ht. Ht. Err # 1.75 cm ± 0.75 cm     1 stem(s) 28 Bryophyta sp. #3 Bryophyta sp. #3 **   Bryophyta sp. #3 **   Bryophyta sp. #3 **   Bryophyta sp. #3 **   Bryophyta sp. #3 **   Bryophyta sp. #3 **   Bryophyta sp. #3 **   Bryophyta sp. #3 **   module 0.505 % 2       -none- 29 Carex sp. Carex sp. **   Carex sp. **   Carex sp. **   Carex sp. **   Carex sp. **   Carex sp. **   Carex sp. **   Carex sp. **   module 0.505 % 2       -none- 30 Bryophyta sp. #5 Bryophyta sp. #5 **   Bryophyta sp. #5 **   Bryophyta sp. #5 **   Bryophyta sp. #5 **   Bryophyta sp. #5 **   Bryophyta sp. #5 **   Bryophyta sp. #5 **   Bryophyta sp. #5 **   module 0.505 % 2       -none- 31 Bryophyta sp. Bryophyta sp. **   Bryophyta sp. **   Bryophyta sp. **   Bryophyta sp. **   Bryophyta sp. **   Bryophyta sp. **   Bryophyta sp. **   Bryophyta sp. **   module 0.505 % 2       -none- 32 Bryophyta sp. #4 Bryophyta sp. #4 **   Bryophyta sp. #4 **   Bryophyta sp. #4 **   Bryophyta sp. #4 **   Bryophyta sp. #4 **   Bryophyta sp. #4 **   Bryophyta sp. #4 **   Bryophyta sp. #4 **   module 0.505 % 2       -none- 33 Bryophyta sp. #2 Bryophyta sp. #2 **   Bryophyta sp. #2 **   Bryophyta sp. #2 **   Bryophyta sp. #2 **   Bryophyta sp. #2 **   Bryophyta sp. #2 **   Bryophyta sp. #2 **   Bryophyta sp. #2 **   module 0.505 % 2       -none-
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Stratum Definitions:
Stratum Type Stratum Base Stratum Height Stratum Cover module       Herb 0 m 0.6 m 50 % Shrub 0.6 m 3 m 25 % Tree 3 m 15 m 70 %
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