GRSM.242
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Plot ID Fields:
Author Plot Code	GRSM.242
Author Observation Code	GRSM.242
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Confidentiality Status	exact location
Latitude	35.589081654 º
Longitude	-83.838945796 º
Author Location	GRSM -- Gum pond
Location Narrative	Park along Cades Cove Loop just pass cemetary on the back corner passed Forge Creek Road. Plot is in the Hog exclosure called Gum Swamp. There is no plot center, but the focal point is the bog up to the edge of the water line.
State or Province	Tennessee
Country	United States
Named Places	quadrangle: Cades Cove region|state|province: Tennessee area|country|territory: United States
Layout Fields:
Shape	Plotless
Permanence	not permanent
Environment Fields:
Elevation	792.47999879543 m
Slope Aspect	180 º
Slope Gradient	0 º
Topographic Position	Lowslope
Landform	depression
Landscape Narrative	Actual pond has very little vegetation. Chasmathium laxum covers about 50% of the edge of the pond. -- Edges surrounding pond is alluvial forest of sweetgum, red maple, and pitch pine
Hydrologic Regime	Seasonally flooded
Soil Depth	0 m
Percent Bedrock	0 %
Percent Rock / Gravel	0 %
Percent Wood	0 %
Percent Litter	95 %
Percent Bare Soil	0 %
Percent Water	0 %
Percent Other	0 %
Methods Fields:
Observation Start Date	29-Jul-1998
Observation End Date	29-Jul-1998
Project	Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Cover Method	NPS CoverMethod
Stratum Method	National Park Service
Stem Size Limit	10 cm
Cover Dispersion	contiguous
Overall Taxon Cover Values are Automatically Calculated?	no
Stem Sample Method	full census
Plot Quality Fields:
Effort Level	Thorough
Plot Validation Level	(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
Floristic Quality	High but incomplete
Bryophyte Quality	Very incomplete
Lichen Quality	Very incomplete
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
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Misc Fields:
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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 Liquidambar styraciflua L. Liquidambar styraciflua L. Liquidambar styraciflua sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua L. **   Liquidambar styraciflua L. Liquidambar styraciflua sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua L. **   Canopy 85 % 06       -none- 2 Acer rubrum L. Acer rubrum L. Acer rubrum red maple Acer rubrum L. **   Acer rubrum L. Acer rubrum red maple Acer rubrum L. **   Canopy 17.5 % 03       -none- 3 Nyssa sylvatica Marsh. Nyssa sylvatica Marsh. Nyssa sylvatica blackgum Nyssa sylvatica Marsh. **   Nyssa sylvatica Marsh. Nyssa sylvatica blackgum Nyssa sylvatica Marsh. **   Canopy 3.5 % 02       -none- 4 Atrichum P. Beauv. Atrichum P. Beauv. Atrichum atrichum moss Atrichum P. Beauv. **   Atrichum P. Beauv. Atrichum atrichum moss Atrichum P. Beauv. **   Nonvascular 0.55 % 01       -none- 5 Thuidium Schimp. in B.S.G. Thuidium Schimp. in B.S.G. Thuidium thuidium moss Thuidium Schimp. in B.S.G. **   Thuidium Schimp. in B.S.G. Thuidium thuidium moss Thuidium Schimp. in B.S.G. **   Nonvascular 0.55 % 01       -none- 6 Sphagnum L. Sphagnum L. Sphagnum sphagnum Sphagnum L. **   Sphagnum L. Sphagnum sphagnum Sphagnum L. **   Nonvascular 0.55 % 01       -none- 7 Hypnum Hedw. Hypnum Hedw. Hypnum hypnum moss Hypnum Hedw. **   Hypnum Hedw. Hypnum hypnum moss Hypnum Hedw. **   Nonvascular 0.55 % 01       -none- 8 Rhododendron maximum L. Rhododendron maximum L. Rhododendron maximum great laurel Rhododendron maximum L. **   Rhododendron maximum L. Rhododendron maximum great laurel Rhododendron maximum L. **   Tall Shrub 1.5 % 02       -none- 9 Chasmanthium laxum (L.) Yates Chasmanthium laxum (L.) Yates Chasmanthium laxum slender woodoats Chasmanthium laxum (L.) Yates **   Chasmanthium laxum (L.) Yates Chasmanthium laxum slender woodoats Chasmanthium laxum (L.) Yates **   Herbaceous 3.5 % 02       -none- 10 Microstegium vimineum (Trin.) A. Camus Microstegium vimineum (Trin.) A. Camus Microstegium vimineum Nepalese browntop Microstegium vimineum (Trin.) A. Camus **   Microstegium vimineum (Trin.) A. Camus Microstegium vimineum Nepalese browntop Microstegium vimineum (Trin.) A. Camus **   Herbaceous 1.5 % 02       -none- 11 Dennstaedtia punctilobula (Michx.) T. Moore Dennstaedtia punctilobula (Michx.) T. Moore Dennstaedtia punctilobula eastern hayscented fern Dennstaedtia punctilobula (Michx.) T. Moore **   Dennstaedtia punctilobula (Michx.) T. Moore Dennstaedtia punctilobula eastern hayscented fern Dennstaedtia punctilobula (Michx.) T. Moore **   Herbaceous 0.55 % 01       -none- 12 Juncus effusus L. Juncus effusus L. Juncus effusus common rush Juncus effusus L. **   Juncus effusus L. Juncus effusus common rush Juncus effusus L. **   Herbaceous 0.05 % 01       -none-
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Stratum Definitions:
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