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GRSM.74
» Citation URL: http://vegbank.org/cite/VB.Ob.3639.GRSM74
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Plot ID Fields: 
Author Plot Code ? GRSM.74
Author Observation Code ? GRSM.74
Location Fields: MAP: Google | Yahoo | TopoZone | MapQuest
Confidentiality Status ? exact location
Latitude ? 35.676885669 º
Longitude ? -83.43113347 º
Author Location ? GRSM -- Brushy Mtn
Location Narrative ? Same as for plot 73
State or Province ? Tennessee
Country ? United States
Named Places
quadrangle: Mount Le Conte
region|state|province: Tennessee
area|country|territory: United States
Layout Fields: 
Shape ? Plotless
Permanence ? not permanent
Environment Fields: 
Elevation ? 1475.23199775765 m
Topographic Position ? Interfluve
Landform ? ridge
Landscape Narrative ? small rocky outcrop along trail margin. Thin soil. -- Thin band along trail - quickly grades into Rhodo. cat. shrubland.
Percent Bedrock ? 30 %
Percent Rock / Gravel ? 0 %
Percent Wood ? 0 %
Percent Litter ? 0 %
Percent Bare Soil ? 10 %
Percent Water ? 0 %
Methods Fields: 
Observation Start Date ? 16-Jun-1998
Observation End Date ? 16-Jun-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: 
--no data--
Misc Fields: 
Observation Narrative ? Leiophyllum clumps with bits of Rhododendron catawbiense and Gaylusaccia baccata sticking through.
Taxa occurring on this plot-observation
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Change Strata Shown:
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 Gaylussacia baccata (Wangenh.) K. Koch Gaylussacia baccata (Wangenh.) K. Koch Gaylussacia baccata black huckleberry Gaylussacia baccata (Wangenh.) K. Koch **   Gaylussacia baccata (Wangenh.) K. Koch Gaylussacia baccata black huckleberry Gaylussacia baccata (Wangenh.) K. Koch **   Tall Shrub
7.5 %
03       -none-
2 Rhododendron catawbiense Michx. Rhododendron catawbiense Michx. Rhododendron catawbiense Catawba rosebay Rhododendron catawbiense Michx. **   Rhododendron catawbiense Michx. Rhododendron catawbiense Catawba rosebay Rhododendron catawbiense Michx. **   Tall Shrub
3.5 %
02       -none-
3 Leiophyllum buxifolium (Berg.) Ell. Leiophyllum buxifolium (Berg.) Ell. Leiophyllum buxifolium sandmyrtle Leiophyllum buxifolium (Berg.) Ell. **   Leiophyllum buxifolium (Berg.) Ell. Leiophyllum buxifolium sandmyrtle Leiophyllum buxifolium (Berg.) Ell. **   Short Shrub
62.5 %
05       -none-
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Stratum Definitions:
Stratum Type ?Stratum Base ?Stratum Height ?Stratum Cover ?
Canopy      
Dwarf Shrub      
Emergent      
Epiphyte      
Herbaceous      
Nonvascular      
Short Shrub   0.5 m 70 %
Sub-Canopy      
Tall Shrub 1 m 2 m 5 %
Vine/Liana      
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Observation Contributors:
Party ?Role ?
Patterson, Karen PI
Owens, Charles Field assistant
Ulrey, Chris Plot author
Community Classification:
More Classification Start Date ? Community AssignmentsContributors
Details 01-Apr-1999
Community Concept ?Class Fit ?Class Confidence ?Community Authority Reference ?Typal ?
Kalmia latifolia - Rhododendron catawbiense - (Gaylussacia baccata, Pieris floribunda, Vaccinium corymbosum) Shrubland       no
Patterson, Karen


Disturbance Data:
Disturbance Type ?Disturbance Intensity ?Disturbance Comment ?
unknown   trails. Some trampling adjacent to trail.
Animal, general   none


User Defined Values
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