094-01-0307
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Plot ID Fields:
Author Plot Code	094-01-0307
Author Observation Code	094-01-0307
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Confidentiality Status	100 km radius (nearest degree)
Latitude	36 º
Longitude	-82 º
Layout Fields:
Shape	Rectangular
Area	1000 m²
Permanence	not permanent
Layout Narrative	20 X by 50 Y
Environment Fields:
Elevation	2005.584 m
Slope Aspect	(n/a, too irregular to determine) º
Slope Gradient	2.5 º
Topographic Position	Interfluve
Landform	ridge
Surficial Deposits	Metamorphic Rocks: Gneiss
Landscape Narrative	Small trail runs along top of ridge, east side of HA falls off sharply as cliff.
Representativeness	Variable, beech gap grading into spruce and a cliff on east side of HA.
Soil Drainage	Well drained
Percent Bedrock	0 %
Percent Rock / Gravel	1 %
Percent Wood	1 %
Percent Litter	94 %
Percent Bare Soil	2 %
Percent Water	0 %
Percent Other	2 %
Methods Fields:
Observation Start Date	07-Aug-2003
Project	Carolina Vegetation Survey (94): NPS-Blue Ridge Parkway
Cover Method	Carolina Vegetation Survey
Stratum Method	National Park Service
Taxon Observation Area	1000 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
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
--no data--
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative	High exposed ridge with stunted trees. Mesic. Largely beech dominated but in ecotone with spruce.;

Taxa occurring on this plot-observation
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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 Fagus grandifolia Fagus grandifolia **   Fagus grandifolia **   Fagus grandifolia **   Fagus grandifolia **   Fagus grandifolia **   Fagus grandifolia **   Fagus grandifolia **   Fagus grandifolia **   Canopy 85 % 9       -none- 2 Picea rubens Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Canopy 17.5 % 6       -none- 3 Betula alleghaniensis Betula alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis **   Canopy 1.5 % 3       -none- 4 Rubus canadensis Rubus canadensis **   Rubus canadensis **   Rubus canadensis **   Rubus canadensis **   Rubus canadensis **   Rubus canadensis **   Rubus canadensis **   Rubus canadensis **   Tall Shrub 7.5 % 5       -none- 5 Betula alleghaniensis Betula alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis **   Tall Shrub 3.5 % 4       -none- 6 Crataegus punctata Crataegus punctata **   Crataegus punctata **   Crataegus punctata **   Crataegus punctata **   Crataegus punctata **   Crataegus punctata **   Crataegus punctata **   Crataegus punctata **   Tall Shrub 3.5 % 4       -none- 7 Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa **   Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa **   Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa **   Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa **   Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa **   Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa **   Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa **   Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa **   Tall Shrub 1.5 % 3       -none- 8 Carex pensylvanica Carex pensylvanica **   Carex pensylvanica **   Carex pensylvanica **   Carex pensylvanica **   Carex pensylvanica **   Carex pensylvanica **   Carex pensylvanica **   Carex pensylvanica **   Herbaceous 85 % 9       -none- 9 Carex intumescens Carex intumescens **   Carex intumescens **   Carex intumescens **   Carex intumescens **   Carex intumescens **   Carex intumescens **   Carex intumescens **   Carex intumescens **   Herbaceous 17.5 % 6       -none- 10 Athyrium filix-femina ssp. asplenioides Athyrium filix-femina ssp. asplenioides **   Athyrium filix-femina ssp. asplenioides **   Athyrium filix-femina ssp. asplenioides **   Athyrium filix-femina ssp. asplenioides **   Athyrium filix-femina ssp. asplenioides **   Athyrium filix-femina ssp. asplenioides **   Athyrium filix-femina ssp. asplenioides **   Athyrium filix-femina ssp. asplenioides **   Herbaceous 17.5 % 6       -none- 11 Laportea canadensis Laportea canadensis **   Laportea canadensis **   Laportea canadensis **   Laportea canadensis **   Laportea canadensis **   Laportea canadensis **   Laportea canadensis **   Laportea canadensis **   Herbaceous 7.5 % 5       -none- 12 Angelica triquinata Angelica triquinata **   Angelica triquinata **   Angelica triquinata **   Angelica triquinata **   Angelica triquinata **   Angelica triquinata **   Angelica triquinata **   Angelica triquinata **   Herbaceous 7.5 % 5       -none- 13 Eurybia chlorolepis Eurybia chlorolepis **   Eurybia chlorolepis **   Eurybia chlorolepis **   Eurybia chlorolepis **   Eurybia chlorolepis **   Eurybia chlorolepis **   Eurybia chlorolepis **   Eurybia chlorolepis **   Herbaceous 7.5 % 5       -none- 14 Ageratina altissima Ageratina altissima **   Ageratina altissima **   Ageratina altissima **   Ageratina altissima **   Ageratina altissima **   Ageratina altissima **   Ageratina altissima **   Ageratina altissima **   Herbaceous 7.5 % 5       -none- 15 Viola sororia Viola sororia **   Viola sororia **   Viola sororia **   Viola sororia **   Viola sororia **   Viola sororia **   Viola sororia **   Viola sororia **   Herbaceous 7.5 % 5       -none- 16 Solidago curtisii Solidago curtisii **   Solidago curtisii **   Solidago curtisii **   Solidago curtisii **   Solidago curtisii **   Solidago curtisii **   Solidago curtisii **   Solidago curtisii **   Herbaceous 7.5 % 5       -none- 17 Maianthemum canadense Maianthemum canadense **   Maianthemum canadense **   Maianthemum canadense **   Maianthemum canadense **   Maianthemum canadense **   Maianthemum canadense **   Maianthemum canadense **   Maianthemum canadense **   Herbaceous 3.5 % 4       -none- 18 Trillium erectum Trillium erectum **   Trillium erectum **   Trillium erectum **   Trillium erectum **   Trillium erectum **   Trillium erectum **   Trillium erectum **   Trillium erectum **   Herbaceous 3.5 % 4       -none- 19 Veratrum viride Veratrum viride **   Veratrum viride **   Veratrum viride **   Veratrum viride **   Veratrum viride **   Veratrum viride **   Veratrum viride **   Veratrum viride **   Herbaceous 3.5 % 4       -none- 20 Luzula multiflora Luzula multiflora **   Luzula multiflora **   Luzula multiflora **   Luzula multiflora **   Luzula multiflora **   Luzula multiflora **   Luzula multiflora **   Luzula multiflora **   Herbaceous 3.5 % 4       -none- 21 Dryopteris campyloptera Dryopteris campyloptera **   Dryopteris campyloptera **   Dryopteris campyloptera **   Dryopteris campyloptera **   Dryopteris campyloptera **   Dryopteris campyloptera **   Dryopteris campyloptera **   Dryopteris campyloptera **   Herbaceous 3.5 % 4       -none- 22 Impatiens pallida Impatiens pallida **   Impatiens pallida **   Impatiens pallida **   Impatiens pallida **   Impatiens pallida **   Impatiens pallida **   Impatiens pallida **   Impatiens pallida **   Herbaceous 1.5 % 3       -none- 23 Stellaria Stellaria **   Stellaria **   Stellaria **   Stellaria **   Stellaria **   Stellaria **   Stellaria **   Stellaria **   Herbaceous 1.5 % 3       -none- 24 Arisaema triphyllum Arisaema triphyllum **   Arisaema triphyllum **   Arisaema triphyllum **   Arisaema triphyllum **   Arisaema triphyllum **   Arisaema triphyllum **   Arisaema triphyllum **   Arisaema triphyllum **   Herbaceous 1.5 % 3       -none- 25 Tiarella cordifolia Tiarella cordifolia **   Tiarella cordifolia **   Tiarella cordifolia **   Tiarella cordifolia **   Tiarella cordifolia **   Tiarella cordifolia **   Tiarella cordifolia **   Tiarella cordifolia **   Herbaceous 1.5 % 3       -none- 26 Carex debilis var. rudgei Carex debilis var. rudgei **   Carex debilis var. rudgei **   Carex debilis var. rudgei **   Carex debilis var. rudgei **   Carex debilis var. rudgei **   Carex debilis var. rudgei **   Carex debilis var. rudgei **   Carex debilis var. rudgei **   Herbaceous 1.5 % 3       -none- 27 Polygonatum pubescens Polygonatum pubescens **   Polygonatum pubescens **   Polygonatum pubescens **   Polygonatum pubescens **   Polygonatum pubescens **   Polygonatum pubescens **   Polygonatum pubescens **   Polygonatum pubescens **   Herbaceous 0.505 % 2       -none- 28 Prenanthes roanensis Prenanthes roanensis **   Prenanthes roanensis **   Prenanthes roanensis **   Prenanthes roanensis **   Prenanthes roanensis **   Prenanthes roanensis **   Prenanthes roanensis **   Prenanthes roanensis **   Herbaceous 0.505 % 2       -none- 29 Clintonia borealis Clintonia borealis **   Clintonia borealis **   Clintonia borealis **   Clintonia borealis **   Clintonia borealis **   Clintonia borealis **   Clintonia borealis **   Clintonia borealis **   Herbaceous 0.505 % 2       -none- 30 Smilax herbacea Smilax herbacea **   Smilax herbacea **   Smilax herbacea **   Smilax herbacea **   Smilax herbacea **   Smilax herbacea **   Smilax herbacea **   Smilax herbacea **   Herbaceous 0.505 % 2       -none- 31 Epifagus virginiana Epifagus virginiana **   Epifagus virginiana **   Epifagus virginiana **   Epifagus virginiana **   Epifagus virginiana **   Epifagus virginiana **   Epifagus virginiana **   Epifagus virginiana **   Herbaceous 0.505 % 2       -none- 32 Dryopteris intermedia Dryopteris intermedia **   Dryopteris intermedia **   Dryopteris intermedia **   Dryopteris intermedia **   Dryopteris intermedia **   Dryopteris intermedia **   Dryopteris intermedia **   Dryopteris intermedia **   Herbaceous 0.505 % 2       -none- 33 Lilium superbum Lilium superbum **   Lilium superbum **   Lilium superbum **   Lilium superbum **   Lilium superbum **   Lilium superbum **   Lilium superbum **   Lilium superbum **   Herbaceous 0.05 % 1       -none- 34 Ribes rotundifolium Ribes rotundifolium **   Ribes rotundifolium **   Ribes rotundifolium **   Ribes rotundifolium **   Ribes rotundifolium **   Ribes rotundifolium **   Ribes rotundifolium **   Ribes rotundifolium **   Short Shrub 1.5 % 3       -none- 35 Fagus grandifolia Fagus grandifolia **   Fagus grandifolia **   Fagus grandifolia **   Fagus grandifolia **   Fagus grandifolia **   Fagus grandifolia **   Fagus grandifolia **   Fagus grandifolia **   Short Shrub 1.5 % 3       -none- 36 Sorbus americana Sorbus americana **   Sorbus americana **   Sorbus americana **   Sorbus americana **   Sorbus americana **   Sorbus americana **   Sorbus americana **   Sorbus americana **   Short Shrub 0.505 % 2       -none- 37 Crataegus punctata Crataegus punctata **   Crataegus punctata **   Crataegus punctata **   Crataegus punctata **   Crataegus punctata **   Crataegus punctata **   Crataegus punctata **   Crataegus punctata **   Short Shrub 0.05 % 1       -none- 38 Amelanchier laevis Amelanchier laevis **   Amelanchier laevis **   Amelanchier laevis **   Amelanchier laevis **   Amelanchier laevis **   Amelanchier laevis **   Amelanchier laevis **   Amelanchier laevis **   Short Shrub 0.05 % 1       -none- 39 Rhododendron catawbiense Rhododendron catawbiense **   Rhododendron catawbiense **   Rhododendron catawbiense **   Rhododendron catawbiense **   Rhododendron catawbiense **   Rhododendron catawbiense **   Rhododendron catawbiense **   Rhododendron catawbiense **   Short Shrub 0.05 % 1       -none- 40 Thuidium delicatulum Thuidium delicatulum (Hedw.) Schimp. Thuidium delicatulum Thuidium delicatulum **   THDE10 Thuidium delicatulum (Hedw.) Schimp. Thuidium delicatulum Thuidium delicatulum **   THDE10 Nonvascular 3.5 % 4       -none- 41 Umbilicaria mammulata Umbilicaria mammulata (Ach.) Tuck. Umbilicaria mammulata Umbilicaria mammulata **   UMMA60 Umbilicaria mammulata (Ach.) Tuck. Umbilicaria mammulata Umbilicaria mammulata **   UMMA60 Nonvascular 1.5 % 3       -none- 42 Parmotrema Parmotrema **   Parmotrema **   Parmotrema **   Parmotrema **   Parmotrema **   Parmotrema **   Parmotrema **   Parmotrema **   Nonvascular 1.5 % 3       -none- 43 Hypnum Hypnum Hedw. Hypnum Hypnum **   HYPNU2 Hypnum Hedw. Hypnum Hypnum **   HYPNU2 Nonvascular 1.5 % 3       -none- 44 Dicranella Dicranella (Müll. Hal.) Schimp. Dicranella Dicranella **   DICRA4 Dicranella (Müll. Hal.) Schimp. Dicranella Dicranella **   DICRA4 Nonvascular 1.5 % 3       -none- 45 Mnium Mnium Hedw. Mnium Mnium **   MNIUM2 Mnium Hedw. Mnium Mnium **   MNIUM2 Nonvascular 1.5 % 3       -none- 46 Cladonia Cladonia P. Browne Cladonia Cladonia **   CLADO3 Cladonia P. Browne Cladonia Cladonia **   CLADO3 Nonvascular 0.505 % 2       -none- 47 Polygonum cilinode Polygonum cilinode **   Polygonum cilinode **   Polygonum cilinode **   Polygonum cilinode **   Polygonum cilinode **   Polygonum cilinode **   Polygonum cilinode **   Polygonum cilinode **   Vine/Liana 1.5 % 3       -none- 48 Cuscuta rostrata Cuscuta rostrata **   Cuscuta rostrata **   Cuscuta rostrata **   Cuscuta rostrata **   Cuscuta rostrata **   Cuscuta rostrata **   Cuscuta rostrata **   Cuscuta rostrata **   Vine/Liana 1.5 % 3       -none-
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Stratum Definitions:
Stratum Type Stratum Base Stratum Height Stratum Cover Epiphyte       Vine/Liana       Nonvascular   0.5 m 10 % Dwarf Shrub       Short Shrub 0.5 m 1 m 5 % Tall Shrub 1 m 2 m 10 % Sub-Canopy       Canopy 5 m 10 m 100 % Emergent       Herbaceous 0.5 m 1 m 100 %
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