094-01-0308
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Plot ID Fields:
Author Plot Code	094-01-0308
Author Observation Code	094-01-0308
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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	1670.304 m
Slope Aspect	180 º
Slope Gradient	36 º
Topographic Position	High slope
Landform	slope
Surficial Deposits	Metamorphic Rocks: Gneiss
Landscape Narrative	Substanial impacts from balsam wooly adelgid, numerous downed fir trees.
Representativeness	Includes edge of Parkway.
Soil Drainage	Well drained
Percent Bedrock	1 %
Percent Rock / Gravel	1 %
Percent Wood	9 %
Percent Litter	80 %
Percent Bare Soil	0 %
Percent Water	0 %
Percent Other	9 %
Name Other	moss/liverworts
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	Steep exposed slope just below Parkway with abundant rock from blasting Parkway, substantial fog interception for this forest.;

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 Picea rubens Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Canopy 37.5 % 7       -none- 2 Abies fraseri Abies fraseri **   Abies fraseri **   Abies fraseri **   Abies fraseri **   Abies fraseri **   Abies fraseri **   Abies fraseri **   Abies fraseri **   Canopy 17.5 % 6       -none- 3 Picea rubens Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Tall Shrub 17.5 % 6       -none- 4 Viburnum lantanoides Viburnum lantanoides **   Viburnum lantanoides **   Viburnum lantanoides **   Viburnum lantanoides **   Viburnum lantanoides **   Viburnum lantanoides **   Viburnum lantanoides **   Viburnum lantanoides **   Tall Shrub 3.5 % 4       -none- 5 Vaccinium erythrocarpum Vaccinium erythrocarpum **   Vaccinium erythrocarpum **   Vaccinium erythrocarpum **   Vaccinium erythrocarpum **   Vaccinium erythrocarpum **   Vaccinium erythrocarpum **   Vaccinium erythrocarpum **   Vaccinium erythrocarpum **   Tall Shrub 3.5 % 4       -none- 6 Rubus canadensis Rubus canadensis **   Rubus canadensis **   Rubus canadensis **   Rubus canadensis **   Rubus canadensis **   Rubus canadensis **   Rubus canadensis **   Rubus canadensis **   Tall Shrub 1.5 % 3       -none- 7 Vaccinium simulatum Vaccinium simulatum **   Vaccinium simulatum **   Vaccinium simulatum **   Vaccinium simulatum **   Vaccinium simulatum **   Vaccinium simulatum **   Vaccinium simulatum **   Vaccinium simulatum **   Tall Shrub 1.5 % 3       -none- 8 Prunus pensylvanica Prunus pensylvanica **   Prunus pensylvanica **   Prunus pensylvanica **   Prunus pensylvanica **   Prunus pensylvanica **   Prunus pensylvanica **   Prunus pensylvanica **   Prunus pensylvanica **   Tall Shrub 1.5 % 3       -none- 9 Abies fraseri Abies fraseri **   Abies fraseri **   Abies fraseri **   Abies fraseri **   Abies fraseri **   Abies fraseri **   Abies fraseri **   Abies fraseri **   Tall Shrub 1.5 % 3       -none- 10 Betula alleghaniensis Betula alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis **   Tall Shrub 1.5 % 3       -none- 11 Picea rubens Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Short Shrub 7.5 % 5       -none- 12 Rhododendron catawbiense Rhododendron catawbiense **   Rhododendron catawbiense **   Rhododendron catawbiense **   Rhododendron catawbiense **   Rhododendron catawbiense **   Rhododendron catawbiense **   Rhododendron catawbiense **   Rhododendron catawbiense **   Short Shrub 3.5 % 4       -none- 13 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 **   Short Shrub 1.5 % 3       -none- 14 Vaccinium erythrocarpum Vaccinium erythrocarpum **   Vaccinium erythrocarpum **   Vaccinium erythrocarpum **   Vaccinium erythrocarpum **   Vaccinium erythrocarpum **   Vaccinium erythrocarpum **   Vaccinium erythrocarpum **   Vaccinium erythrocarpum **   Short Shrub 1.5 % 3       -none- 15 Betula alleghaniensis Betula alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis **   Short Shrub 0.505 % 2       -none- 16 Prunus pensylvanica Prunus pensylvanica **   Prunus pensylvanica **   Prunus pensylvanica **   Prunus pensylvanica **   Prunus pensylvanica **   Prunus pensylvanica **   Prunus pensylvanica **   Prunus pensylvanica **   Short Shrub 0.505 % 2       -none- 17 Sorbus americana Sorbus americana **   Sorbus americana **   Sorbus americana **   Sorbus americana **   Sorbus americana **   Sorbus americana **   Sorbus americana **   Sorbus americana **   Short Shrub 0.05 % 1       -none- 18 Dryopteris campyloptera Dryopteris campyloptera **   Dryopteris campyloptera **   Dryopteris campyloptera **   Dryopteris campyloptera **   Dryopteris campyloptera **   Dryopteris campyloptera **   Dryopteris campyloptera **   Dryopteris campyloptera **   Herbaceous 7.5 % 5       -none- 19 Oxalis montana Oxalis montana **   Oxalis montana **   Oxalis montana **   Oxalis montana **   Oxalis montana **   Oxalis montana **   Oxalis montana **   Oxalis montana **   Herbaceous 1.5 % 3       -none- 20 Solidago glomerata Solidago glomerata **   Solidago glomerata **   Solidago glomerata **   Solidago glomerata **   Solidago glomerata **   Solidago glomerata **   Solidago glomerata **   Solidago glomerata **   Herbaceous 1.5 % 3       -none- 21 Dryopteris intermedia Dryopteris intermedia **   Dryopteris intermedia **   Dryopteris intermedia **   Dryopteris intermedia **   Dryopteris intermedia **   Dryopteris intermedia **   Dryopteris intermedia **   Dryopteris intermedia **   Herbaceous 1.5 % 3       -none- 22 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 0.505 % 2       -none- 23 Eupatorium purpureum Eupatorium purpureum **   Eupatorium purpureum **   Eupatorium purpureum **   Eupatorium purpureum **   Eupatorium purpureum **   Eupatorium purpureum **   Eupatorium purpureum **   Eupatorium purpureum **   Herbaceous 0.505 % 2       -none- 24 Ageratina altissima Ageratina altissima **   Ageratina altissima **   Ageratina altissima **   Ageratina altissima **   Ageratina altissima **   Ageratina altissima **   Ageratina altissima **   Ageratina altissima **   Herbaceous 0.505 % 2       -none- 25 Houstonia serpyllifolia Houstonia serpyllifolia **   Houstonia serpyllifolia **   Houstonia serpyllifolia **   Houstonia serpyllifolia **   Houstonia serpyllifolia **   Houstonia serpyllifolia **   Houstonia serpyllifolia **   Houstonia serpyllifolia **   Herbaceous 0.505 % 2       -none- 26 Carex Carex **   Carex **   Carex **   Carex **   Carex **   Carex **   Carex **   Carex **   Herbaceous 0.505 % 2       -none- 27 Arisaema triphyllum Arisaema triphyllum **   Arisaema triphyllum **   Arisaema triphyllum **   Arisaema triphyllum **   Arisaema triphyllum **   Arisaema triphyllum **   Arisaema triphyllum **   Arisaema triphyllum **   Herbaceous 0.505 % 2       -none- 28 Huperzia lucidula Huperzia lucidula **   Huperzia lucidula **   Huperzia lucidula **   Huperzia lucidula **   Huperzia lucidula **   Huperzia lucidula **   Huperzia lucidula **   Huperzia lucidula **   Herbaceous 0.505 % 2       -none- 29 Agrostis perennans Agrostis perennans **   Agrostis perennans **   Agrostis perennans **   Agrostis perennans **   Agrostis perennans **   Agrostis perennans **   Agrostis perennans **   Agrostis perennans **   Herbaceous 0.505 % 2       -none- 30 Saxifraga michauxii Saxifraga michauxii **   Saxifraga michauxii **   Saxifraga michauxii **   Saxifraga michauxii **   Saxifraga michauxii **   Saxifraga michauxii **   Saxifraga michauxii **   Saxifraga michauxii **   Herbaceous 0.05 % 1       -none- 31 Pseudevernia cladonia Pseudevernia cladonia **   Pseudevernia cladonia **   Pseudevernia cladonia **   Pseudevernia cladonia **   Pseudevernia cladonia **   Pseudevernia cladonia **   Pseudevernia cladonia **   Pseudevernia cladonia **   Nonvascular 3.5 % 4       -none- 32 Thuidium delicatulum Thuidium delicatulum (Hedw.) Schimp. Thuidium delicatulum Thuidium delicatulum **   THDE10 Thuidium delicatulum (Hedw.) Schimp. Thuidium delicatulum Thuidium delicatulum **   THDE10 Nonvascular 1.5 % 3       -none- 33 Picea rubens Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Picea rubens **   Sub-Canopy 37.5 % 7       -none- 34 Betula alleghaniensis Betula alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis **   Sub-Canopy 7.5 % 5       -none- 35 Acer spicatum Acer spicatum **   Acer spicatum **   Acer spicatum **   Acer spicatum **   Acer spicatum **   Acer spicatum **   Acer spicatum **   Acer spicatum **   Sub-Canopy 3.5 % 4       -none- 36 Quercus rubra Quercus rubra **   Quercus rubra **   Quercus rubra **   Quercus rubra **   Quercus rubra **   Quercus rubra **   Quercus rubra **   Quercus rubra **   Sub-Canopy 3.5 % 4       -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 30 % Tall Shrub 2 m 5 m 40 % Sub-Canopy     50 % Canopy 20 m 35 m 40 % Emergent       Herbaceous   0.5 m 10 %
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