Follow Alum Cave past Peregrine Peak about 1 mi. The trail begins to climb toward Leconte after a short flat downhill. There is a homogeneous stand of spruce with Rhododendron. The plot is 50m below trail to the S.
Plot is on a slightly concave slope, almost flat across. No rocks or rock outcrops. -- No Yellow Birch in this forest. Grades to mixtures of Spruce, Hemlock, and Yellow Birch.
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
A nice Spruce stand. No yellow birch present. Tough to distinguish R.cat. from R.max. Very depauperate herb stratum. Spongy litter layer. Uniform to nearly closed canopy. Buttressed Spruce which appear to have germinated on logs that are now gone.
