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GRSM.107
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» Citation URL: http://vegbank.org/cite/VB.Ob.3670.GRSM107
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Author Plot Code  |
GRSM.107
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| Author Observation Code |
GRSM.107
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| Location Fields: |
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| Confidentiality Status |
exact location
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| Latitude |
35.630094499
º
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| Longitude |
-83.449776369
º
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| Author Location |
GRSM -- Alum Cave Creek
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| Location Narrative |
Beginning on Alum Cave Trail, cross 2nd bridge over creek. walk appx 50 m and turn left for about 30 m. Look for big tall hemlock, and a small (witness tree) subcanopy hemlock.
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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 |
Rectangular
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| Area |
600
m²
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| Permanence |
permanent plot
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| Environment Fields: | |
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| Elevation |
1207.00799816535
m
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| Slope Aspect |
270
º
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| Slope Gradient |
2.5
º
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| Topographic Position |
Toeslope
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| Landform |
toe slope
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| Landscape Narrative |
Microtopography is quite uneven...could either be due to 1) old logs in various stages of decomposition, or 2) remnants of landslide debris piled up, or 3) erosional gullies. A and B soil sample collected...deep 75 cm and gravelly soil. -- This community is quite extensive in this local area. Uphill it grades to Hemlock and/or Spruce dominated sites.
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| Soil Depth |
0.75
m
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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 |
5
%
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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 |
21-Jul-1998
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| Observation End Date |
21-Jul-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 |
600
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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| 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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| --no data-- |
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| Observation Narrative |
This polygon is largely dominated by Y.Birch, with occasional clumps of hemlock, which I prefer to view as stochastic variation within this community, rather than as a separate inclusional community within the YB. Plot placement illustrates YB dominance.
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