GRSM -- Green Branch adjacent to the Cades Cove loop road
Location Narrative
From where Green Br. crosses Laurel Cr. Rd; follow ridge to rt. of creek @ 45 degrees NE, 1/4 mi. Plot is 30 ft. below ridge/ 50 m above creek. Directly below plot there's a steep drop off into Green Br.; Creek bends NW below plot.
Steep slope leading down to creek. Some deadfall pine near plot. Tsuga is fairly dominant in understory. -- Variation of the early successional stuff. More poplar in the bottom along the creek, more white pine and Gaylussacia near the ridgetop. Sparce understory with thick rhododendron on both slopes.
Representativeness
Tulip polar/Red Maple along Creek flats that changes to Chestnut Oak/Red Maple along slope. Tsuga h
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. Classification of area is unclear based on the successional nature of this sample. Possibly CEGL007219, CEGL007543, or CEGL006286.
