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GRSM.76
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» Citation URL: http://vegbank.org/cite/VB.Ob.3641.GRSM76
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Author Plot Code  |
GRSM.76
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| Author Observation Code |
GRSM.76
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| Location Fields: |
MAP:
Google
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| TopoZone
| MapQuest
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| Confidentiality Status |
exact location
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| Latitude |
35.660015468
º
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| Longitude |
-83.482555867
º
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| Author Location |
GRSM -- Gap East of Bull Head
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| Location Narrative |
Starting at bottom of Bullhead trail, go past bullhead adn gap w/ pile of rocks..enter heathbald. Plot is left of trail appx 40 m.
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| State or Province |
Tennessee
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| Country |
United States
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| Layout Fields: | |
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| Shape |
Square
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| Area |
400
m²
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| Permanence |
permanent plot
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| Environment Fields: | |
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| Elevation |
1277.11199805879
m
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| Slope Aspect |
315
º
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| Slope Gradient |
10
º
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| Topographic Position |
Interfluve
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| Landform |
gap
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| Landscape Narrative |
Side of gap, convex slope, falls steeply to either side. deep litter layer. very dark at ground due to dense shrub canopy. -- Pinus pungens dominates on more xeric, exposed sites. Topo map indicates this site white, implying clearing or heathbald. It isunclear why this community is in this landscape position...best guess is that it was once burned or cleared.
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| Percent Bedrock |
0
%
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| Percent Rock / Gravel |
0
%
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| Percent Wood |
0
%
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| Percent Litter |
1
%
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| Percent Bare Soil |
0
%
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| Percent Water |
0
%
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| Methods Fields: | |
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| Observation Start Date |
17-Jun-1998
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| Observation End Date |
17-Jun-1998
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| Project |
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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| Cover Method |
NPS CoverMethod
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| Stratum Method |
National Park Service
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| Stem Size Limit |
10
cm
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| Taxon Observation Area |
400
m²
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| Cover Dispersion |
contiguous
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| Overall Taxon Cover Values are Automatically Calculated? |
no
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| Stem Sample Method |
full census
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| Plot Quality Fields: | |
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| Effort Level |
Thorough
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| Plot Validation Level |
(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
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| Floristic Quality |
High but incomplete
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| Bryophyte Quality |
Very incomplete
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| Lichen Quality |
Very incomplete
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| Overall Plot Vegetation Fields: | |
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| Growthform1 Type |
Broad-leaved evergreen shrub
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| Misc Fields: | |
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| Observation Narrative |
Relatively easy to walk through. Large clumps of Pieris. Interesting mix of Rhod max and Rhod cat...wonder about hybrids... a few trees poking through shrub strata, but these are short and stunted, but indicate that this heath bald is reverting back.
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| Disturbance Data: |
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| Disturbance Type | Disturbance Intensity |
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unknown
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Animal, general
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| User Defined Values |
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| No User Defined Data for this plot |
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