FIIS.23
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Plot ID Fields:
Author Plot Code	FIIS.23
Author Observation Code	FIIS.23
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Confidentiality Status	exact location
Latitude	40.7584 º
Longitude	-72.78559 º
Author Location	FIIS -- Fire Island East 2A
State or Province	New York
Country	United States
Named Places	area|country|territory: United States quadrangle: Moriches region|state|province: New York
Layout Fields:
Shape	Square
Area	100 m²
Permanence	not permanent
Environment Fields:
Elevation	1.21919999814682 m
Slope Aspect	(n/a, flat) º
Slope Gradient	0 º
Topographic Position	Basin floor
Landform	barrier island(s)
Landscape Narrative	Heterogeneity: very uniform. Tides: semi-diurnally flooded. Sampled near low tid (11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.), low tide cited as 10:07 a.m. Surface features: litter = Spartina leaves; trash = can, softball; water absent at time of survey but probably n
Representativeness	Randomly chosen from ca. 0.1 acrea area. Representative of wide patch of community.
Hydrologic Regime	Tidally flooded
Soil Drainage	very poorly drained
Percent Bedrock	0 %
Percent Rock / Gravel	0 %
Percent Wood	1 %
Percent Litter	1 %
Percent Bare Soil	99 %
Percent Water	0 %
Percent Other	1 %
Name Other	Trash
Methods Fields:
Observation Start Date	10-Aug-2000
Observation End Date	10-Aug-2000
Project	Fire Island National Seashore
Cover Method	NPS CoverMethod
Stratum Method	National Park Service
Stem Size Limit	10 cm
Taxon Observation Area	100 m²
Cover Dispersion	contiguous
Overall Taxon Cover Values are Automatically Calculated?	yes
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:
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Misc Fields:
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Taxa occurring on this plot-observation
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ord Author Plant Name Original Interpretation, full Scientific Name Original Interpretation, Scientific Name without authors Original Interpretation, Common Name Original Interpretation, USDA Code Current Interpretation, full Scientific Name Current Interpretation, Scientific Name without authors Current Interpretation, Common Name Current Interpretation, USDA Code Stratum Cover Original Cover Code Basal Area Biomass Inference Area Stems: Stem Diameters (graphically): 1 Spartina alterniflora Loisel. Spartina alterniflora Loisel. Spartina alterniflora smooth cordgrass Spartina alterniflora Loisel. **   Spartina alterniflora Loisel. Spartina alterniflora smooth cordgrass Spartina alterniflora Loisel. **   Herbaceous 65 % 05       -none- 2 Ulva lactuca Allionia gausapoides Standl. Allionia gausapoides Ulva lactuca **   Ulva lactuca **   Allionia gausapoides Standl. Allionia gausapoides Ulva lactuca **   Ulva lactuca **   Nonvascular 2 % 02       -none- 3 Fucus resiculosus (or Ascophyllum) Allionia gausapoides Standl. Allionia gausapoides Fucus resiculosus (or Ascophyllum) **   Fucus resiculosus (or Ascophyllum) **   Allionia gausapoides Standl. Allionia gausapoides Fucus resiculosus (or Ascophyllum) **   Fucus resiculosus (or Ascophyllum) **   Nonvascular 1 % 01       -none-
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Stratum Definitions:
Stratum Type Stratum Base Stratum Height Stratum Cover Canopy     0 % Dwarf Shrub     0 % Emergent     0 % Epiphyte     0 % Herbaceous 0.5 m 1 m 70 % Nonvascular   0.5 m 5 % Short Shrub     0 % Sub-Canopy     0 % Tall Shrub     0 % Vine/Liana     0 %
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