From Cades Cove Motor Loop, drive up Rich Mountain Road approximately 0.5 mile. Plot is about 100 meters to the right of the road in a White oak/White pine flat.
Forested flat valley next to Cades Cove. Organic soil layer absent due to erosion and past use history. -- Bordered below by fields of Cades Cove. Historic land use uncertain. Many large white oaks, perhaps site was grazed.
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
Assigned to this association with low confidence. Difficult to classify due to disturbed condition. May be similar to sites in the Black & Craggy Mtns. where white oak occurs in alluvial flats.
