085-BLRP-0126
» Citation URL: http://vegbank.org/cite/urn:lsid:cvs.bio.unc.edu:observation:12744-{EC62B13A-4AEB-4F6E-8D17-F49A0CFC8C28} » Citing info
Plot ID Fields:
Author Plot Code	085-BLRP-0126
Author Observation Code	085-BLRP-0126
Location Fields:	MAP: Google | Yahoo | TopoZone | MapQuest
Location Accuracy	25 m
Confidentiality Status	100 km radius (nearest degree)
Latitude	38 º
Longitude	-79 º
State or Province	Virginia
Named Places	county: Bedford county: Bedford region|state|province: Virginia
Layout Fields:
DSG Polygon	20 x 50 m
Area	1000 m²
Permanence	not permanent
Environment Fields:
Elevation	578 m
Slope Aspect	56 º
Slope Gradient	27 º
Topographic Position	middle slope
Landform	side slope
Hydrologic Regime	terrestrial (upland)
Soil Moisture Regime	submesic
Soil Drainage	rapidly drained
Methods Fields:
Observation Start Date	30-Jul-2003
Observation End Date	30-Jul-2003
Project	Virginia Heritage
Cover Method	Carolina Vegetation Survey
Stratum Method	No Strata
Method Narrative	Releve Virginia Division of Natural Heritage, see http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/natural_heritage/documents/nh_plotform_instructions.pdf
Overall Taxon Cover Values are Automatically Calculated?	no
Plot Quality Fields:
Plot Validation Level	(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
Shrub Height	6 m
Field Height	5 m
Tree Cover	75 %
Shrub Cover	20 %
Field Cover	20 %
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative	Directions to plot and tree tag: James River Valley Overlook, Benchmark 1871Park at James River Valley Overlook. Proceed north along BRP ca. 200m. Point located on NE-facing slope on left side of BRP, ca. 50m form edge of road. Tagged tree is a Liriodendron tulipifera of 178 cm dbh with tag #340. Conduit is at a bearing of 210 degrees, and 10 m from tree. Plot location was selected in the field by DNH Ecologists. Low-elevation oak-hickory forest with sparse herb layer that lacks typically mesophytic species. Despite cool aspect and relatively sheltered topographic position, convexity of slope and rocky, shallow soil contribute to relatively dry conditions. Although stand contains several large (>50 cm dbh) trees, composition and structure are somewhat heterogeneous, even with 0.1ha plot, and disturbance has created numerous small gaps. Patchily dense Sassafras reflects less recent disturbance. Near road - convexity with large trees and few exotics. Canopy height was not measured, but tallest trees are > 20 m< 35 m. Other strata heights were not recorded in the field, but entered in the database as the maximum height. Percentage cover by stratum was not measured in the field, actual strata percentages and stratum cover classes for database entry were estimated by examining cover classes for individual species.

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 Fraxinus americana Fraxinus americana **   Fraxinus americana **   Fraxinus americana **   Fraxinus americana **   Fraxinus americana **   Fraxinus americana **   Fraxinus americana **   Fraxinus americana **   -all-   17.5 % 6       -none- 2 Carya ovalis Carya ovalis **   Carya ovalis **   Carya ovalis **   Carya ovalis **   Carya ovalis **   Carya ovalis **   Carya ovalis **   Carya ovalis **   -all-   17.5 % 6       -none- 3 Acer pensylvanicum Acer pensylvanicum **   Acer pensylvanicum **   Acer pensylvanicum **   Acer pensylvanicum **   Acer pensylvanicum **   Acer pensylvanicum **   Acer pensylvanicum **   Acer pensylvanicum **   -all-   17.5 % 6       -none- 4 Quercus montana Quercus montana **   Quercus montana **   Quercus montana **   Quercus montana **   Quercus montana **   Quercus montana **   Quercus montana **   Quercus montana **   -all-   17.5 % 6       -none- 5 Ostrya virginiana Ostrya virginiana **   Ostrya virginiana **   Ostrya virginiana **   Ostrya virginiana **   Ostrya virginiana **   Ostrya virginiana **   Ostrya virginiana **   Ostrya virginiana **   -all-   7.5 % 5       -none- 6 Dryopteris marginalis Dryopteris marginalis **   Dryopteris marginalis **   Dryopteris marginalis **   Dryopteris marginalis **   Dryopteris marginalis **   Dryopteris marginalis **   Dryopteris marginalis **   Dryopteris marginalis **   -all-   7.5 % 5       -none- 7 Betula lenta var. lenta Betula lenta var. lenta **   Betula lenta var. lenta **   Betula lenta var. lenta **   Betula lenta var. lenta **   Betula lenta var. lenta **   Betula lenta var. lenta **   Betula lenta var. lenta **   Betula lenta var. lenta **   -all-   7.5 % 5       -none- 8 Viburnum acerifolium Viburnum acerifolium **   Viburnum acerifolium **   Viburnum acerifolium **   Viburnum acerifolium **   Viburnum acerifolium **   Viburnum acerifolium **   Viburnum acerifolium **   Viburnum acerifolium **   -all-   7.5 % 5       -none- 9 Quercus rubra Quercus rubra **   Quercus rubra **   Quercus rubra **   Quercus rubra **   Quercus rubra **   Quercus rubra **   Quercus rubra **   Quercus rubra **   -all-   7.5 % 5       -none- 10 Cornus florida Cornus florida **   Cornus florida **   Cornus florida **   Cornus florida **   Cornus florida **   Cornus florida **   Cornus florida **   Cornus florida **   -all-   3.5 % 4       -none- 11 Liriodendron tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera **   Liriodendron tulipifera **   Liriodendron tulipifera **   Liriodendron tulipifera **   Liriodendron tulipifera **   Liriodendron tulipifera **   Liriodendron tulipifera **   Liriodendron tulipifera **   -all-   3.5 % 4       -none- 12 Acer rubrum Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   -all-   3.5 % 4       -none- 13 Sassafras albidum Sassafras albidum **   Sassafras albidum **   Sassafras albidum **   Sassafras albidum **   Sassafras albidum **   Sassafras albidum **   Sassafras albidum **   Sassafras albidum **   -all-   3.5 % 4       -none- 14 Robinia pseudoacacia Robinia pseudoacacia **   Robinia pseudoacacia **   Robinia pseudoacacia **   Robinia pseudoacacia **   Robinia pseudoacacia **   Robinia pseudoacacia **   Robinia pseudoacacia **   Robinia pseudoacacia **   -all-   1.5 % 3       -none- 15 Parthenocissus quinquefolia Parthenocissus quinquefolia **   Parthenocissus quinquefolia **   Parthenocissus quinquefolia **   Parthenocissus quinquefolia **   Parthenocissus quinquefolia **   Parthenocissus quinquefolia **   Parthenocissus quinquefolia **   Parthenocissus quinquefolia **   -all-   1.5 % 3       -none- 16 Isotrema macrophyllum Isotrema macrophyllum **   Isotrema macrophyllum **   Isotrema macrophyllum **   Isotrema macrophyllum **   Isotrema macrophyllum **   Isotrema macrophyllum **   Isotrema macrophyllum **   Isotrema macrophyllum **   -all-   1.5 % 3       -none- 17 Hamamelis virginiana var. virginiana Hamamelis virginiana var. virginiana **   Hamamelis virginiana var. virginiana **   Hamamelis virginiana var. virginiana **   Hamamelis virginiana var. virginiana **   Hamamelis virginiana var. virginiana **   Hamamelis virginiana var. virginiana **   Hamamelis virginiana var. virginiana **   Hamamelis virginiana var. virginiana **   -all-   1.5 % 3       -none- 18 Carex platyphylla Carex platyphylla **   Carex platyphylla **   Carex platyphylla **   Carex platyphylla **   Carex platyphylla **   Carex platyphylla **   Carex platyphylla **   Carex platyphylla **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 19 Celastrus orbiculatus Celastrus orbiculatus **   Celastrus orbiculatus **   Celastrus orbiculatus **   Celastrus orbiculatus **   Celastrus orbiculatus **   Celastrus orbiculatus **   Celastrus orbiculatus **   Celastrus orbiculatus **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 20 Dioscorea quaternata Dioscorea quaternata **   Dioscorea quaternata **   Dioscorea quaternata **   Dioscorea quaternata **   Dioscorea quaternata **   Dioscorea quaternata **   Dioscorea quaternata **   Dioscorea quaternata **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 21 Sanguinaria canadensis Sanguinaria canadensis **   Sanguinaria canadensis **   Sanguinaria canadensis **   Sanguinaria canadensis **   Sanguinaria canadensis **   Sanguinaria canadensis **   Sanguinaria canadensis **   Sanguinaria canadensis **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 22 Hydrangea arborescens Hydrangea arborescens **   Hydrangea arborescens **   Hydrangea arborescens **   Hydrangea arborescens **   Hydrangea arborescens **   Hydrangea arborescens **   Hydrangea arborescens **   Hydrangea arborescens **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 23 Asarum canadense Asarum canadense **   Asarum canadense **   Asarum canadense **   Asarum canadense **   Asarum canadense **   Asarum canadense **   Asarum canadense **   Asarum canadense **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 24 Galium latifolium Galium latifolium **   Galium latifolium **   Galium latifolium **   Galium latifolium **   Galium latifolium **   Galium latifolium **   Galium latifolium **   Galium latifolium **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 25 Nyssa sylvatica Nyssa sylvatica **   Nyssa sylvatica **   Nyssa sylvatica **   Nyssa sylvatica **   Nyssa sylvatica **   Nyssa sylvatica **   Nyssa sylvatica **   Nyssa sylvatica **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 26 Hylodesmum nudiflorum Hylodesmum nudiflorum **   Hylodesmum nudiflorum **   Hylodesmum nudiflorum **   Hylodesmum nudiflorum **   Hylodesmum nudiflorum **   Hylodesmum nudiflorum **   Hylodesmum nudiflorum **   Hylodesmum nudiflorum **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 27 Solidago curtisii Solidago curtisii **   Solidago curtisii **   Solidago curtisii **   Solidago curtisii **   Solidago curtisii **   Solidago curtisii **   Solidago curtisii **   Solidago curtisii **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 28 Spiraea corymbosa Spiraea corymbosa **   Spiraea corymbosa **   Spiraea corymbosa **   Spiraea corymbosa **   Spiraea corymbosa **   Spiraea corymbosa **   Spiraea corymbosa **   Spiraea corymbosa **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 29 Stellaria pubera Stellaria pubera **   Stellaria pubera **   Stellaria pubera **   Stellaria pubera **   Stellaria pubera **   Stellaria pubera **   Stellaria pubera **   Stellaria pubera **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 30 Collinsonia canadensis Collinsonia canadensis **   Collinsonia canadensis **   Collinsonia canadensis **   Collinsonia canadensis **   Collinsonia canadensis **   Collinsonia canadensis **   Collinsonia canadensis **   Collinsonia canadensis **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 31 Conopholis americana Conopholis americana **   Conopholis americana **   Conopholis americana **   Conopholis americana **   Conopholis americana **   Conopholis americana **   Conopholis americana **   Conopholis americana **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 32 Aralia nudicaulis Aralia nudicaulis **   Aralia nudicaulis **   Aralia nudicaulis **   Aralia nudicaulis **   Aralia nudicaulis **   Aralia nudicaulis **   Aralia nudicaulis **   Aralia nudicaulis **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 33 Arisaema triphyllum Arisaema triphyllum **   Arisaema triphyllum **   Arisaema triphyllum **   Arisaema triphyllum **   Arisaema triphyllum **   Arisaema triphyllum **   Arisaema triphyllum **   Arisaema triphyllum **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 34 Silene stellata Silene stellata **   Silene stellata **   Silene stellata **   Silene stellata **   Silene stellata **   Silene stellata **   Silene stellata **   Silene stellata **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 35 Geranium maculatum Geranium maculatum **   Geranium maculatum **   Geranium maculatum **   Geranium maculatum **   Geranium maculatum **   Geranium maculatum **   Geranium maculatum **   Geranium maculatum **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 36 Scutellaria sp. Scutellaria sp. **   Scutellaria sp. **   Scutellaria sp. **   Scutellaria sp. **   Scutellaria sp. **   Scutellaria sp. **   Scutellaria sp. **   Scutellaria sp. **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 37 Botrypus virginianus Botrypus virginianus **   Botrypus virginianus **   Botrypus virginianus **   Botrypus virginianus **   Botrypus virginianus **   Botrypus virginianus **   Botrypus virginianus **   Botrypus virginianus **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 38 Prunus serotina var. serotina Prunus serotina var. serotina **   Prunus serotina var. serotina **   Prunus serotina var. serotina **   Prunus serotina var. serotina **   Prunus serotina var. serotina **   Prunus serotina var. serotina **   Prunus serotina var. serotina **   Prunus serotina var. serotina **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 39 Carex virescens Carex virescens **   Carex virescens **   Carex virescens **   Carex virescens **   Carex virescens **   Carex virescens **   Carex virescens **   Carex virescens **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 40 Gillenia trifoliata Gillenia trifoliata **   Gillenia trifoliata **   Gillenia trifoliata **   Gillenia trifoliata **   Gillenia trifoliata **   Gillenia trifoliata **   Gillenia trifoliata **   Gillenia trifoliata **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 41 Vitis cinerea Vitis cinerea **   Vitis cinerea **   Vitis cinerea **   Vitis cinerea **   Vitis cinerea **   Vitis cinerea **   Vitis cinerea **   Vitis cinerea **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 42 Viola sororia Viola sororia **   Viola sororia **   Viola sororia **   Viola sororia **   Viola sororia **   Viola sororia **   Viola sororia **   Viola sororia **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 43 Hypopitys monotropa Hypopitys monotropa **   Hypopitys monotropa **   Hypopitys monotropa **   Hypopitys monotropa **   Hypopitys monotropa **   Hypopitys monotropa **   Hypopitys monotropa **   Hypopitys monotropa **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 44 Uvularia puberula Uvularia puberula **   Uvularia puberula **   Uvularia puberula **   Uvularia puberula **   Uvularia puberula **   Uvularia puberula **   Uvularia puberula **   Uvularia puberula **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 45 Thaspium barbinode Thaspium barbinode **   Thaspium barbinode **   Thaspium barbinode **   Thaspium barbinode **   Thaspium barbinode **   Thaspium barbinode **   Thaspium barbinode **   Thaspium barbinode **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 46 Medeola virginiana Medeola virginiana **   Medeola virginiana **   Medeola virginiana **   Medeola virginiana **   Medeola virginiana **   Medeola virginiana **   Medeola virginiana **   Medeola virginiana **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 47 Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum **   Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum **   Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum **   Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum **   Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum **   Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum **   Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum **   Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 48 Eurybia divaricata Eurybia divaricata **   Eurybia divaricata **   Eurybia divaricata **   Eurybia divaricata **   Eurybia divaricata **   Eurybia divaricata **   Eurybia divaricata **   Eurybia divaricata **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 49 Eurybia macrophylla Eurybia macrophylla **   Eurybia macrophylla **   Eurybia macrophylla **   Eurybia macrophylla **   Eurybia macrophylla **   Eurybia macrophylla **   Eurybia macrophylla **   Eurybia macrophylla **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 50 Houstonia longifolia Houstonia longifolia **   Houstonia longifolia **   Houstonia longifolia **   Houstonia longifolia **   Houstonia longifolia **   Houstonia longifolia **   Houstonia longifolia **   Houstonia longifolia **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 51 Magnolia acuminata Magnolia acuminata **   Magnolia acuminata **   Magnolia acuminata **   Magnolia acuminata **   Magnolia acuminata **   Magnolia acuminata **   Magnolia acuminata **   Magnolia acuminata **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 52 Toxicodendron radicans Toxicodendron radicans **   Toxicodendron radicans **   Toxicodendron radicans **   Toxicodendron radicans **   Toxicodendron radicans **   Toxicodendron radicans **   Toxicodendron radicans **   Toxicodendron radicans **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 53 Thalictrum pubescens Thalictrum pubescens **   Thalictrum pubescens **   Thalictrum pubescens **   Thalictrum pubescens **   Thalictrum pubescens **   Thalictrum pubescens **   Thalictrum pubescens **   Thalictrum pubescens **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 54 Viola pubescens/pensylvanica complex Viola pubescens/pensylvanica complex **   Viola pubescens/pensylvanica complex **   Viola pubescens/pensylvanica complex **   Viola pubescens/pensylvanica complex **   Viola pubescens/pensylvanica complex **   Viola pubescens/pensylvanica complex **   Viola pubescens/pensylvanica complex **   Viola pubescens/pensylvanica complex **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 55 Actaea racemosa Actaea racemosa **   Actaea racemosa **   Actaea racemosa **   Actaea racemosa **   Actaea racemosa **   Actaea racemosa **   Actaea racemosa **   Actaea racemosa **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 56 Ageratina altissima Ageratina altissima **   Ageratina altissima **   Ageratina altissima **   Ageratina altissima **   Ageratina altissima **   Ageratina altissima **   Ageratina altissima **   Ageratina altissima **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 57 Rhododendron periclymenoides Rhododendron periclymenoides **   Rhododendron periclymenoides **   Rhododendron periclymenoides **   Rhododendron periclymenoides **   Rhododendron periclymenoides **   Rhododendron periclymenoides **   Rhododendron periclymenoides **   Rhododendron periclymenoides **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 58 Monarda clinopodia Monarda clinopodia **   Monarda clinopodia **   Monarda clinopodia **   Monarda clinopodia **   Monarda clinopodia **   Monarda clinopodia **   Monarda clinopodia **   Monarda clinopodia **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 59 Nabalus altissimus Nabalus altissimus **   Nabalus altissimus **   Nabalus altissimus **   Nabalus altissimus **   Nabalus altissimus **   Nabalus altissimus **   Nabalus altissimus **   Nabalus altissimus **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 60 Goodyera pubescens Goodyera pubescens **   Goodyera pubescens **   Goodyera pubescens **   Goodyera pubescens **   Goodyera pubescens **   Goodyera pubescens **   Goodyera pubescens **   Goodyera pubescens **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 61 Chimaphila maculata Chimaphila maculata **   Chimaphila maculata **   Chimaphila maculata **   Chimaphila maculata **   Chimaphila maculata **   Chimaphila maculata **   Chimaphila maculata **   Chimaphila maculata **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 62 Asplenium platyneuron Asplenium platyneuron **   Asplenium platyneuron **   Asplenium platyneuron **   Asplenium platyneuron **   Asplenium platyneuron **   Asplenium platyneuron **   Asplenium platyneuron **   Asplenium platyneuron **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 63 Eutrochium purpureum var. purpureum Eutrochium purpureum var. purpureum **   Eutrochium purpureum var. purpureum **   Eutrochium purpureum var. purpureum **   Eutrochium purpureum var. purpureum **   Eutrochium purpureum var. purpureum **   Eutrochium purpureum var. purpureum **   Eutrochium purpureum var. purpureum **   Eutrochium purpureum var. purpureum **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 64 Tilia americana Tilia americana **   Tilia americana **   Tilia americana **   Tilia americana **   Tilia americana **   Tilia americana **   Tilia americana **   Tilia americana **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 65 Polypodium appalachianum Polypodium appalachianum **   Polypodium appalachianum **   Polypodium appalachianum **   Polypodium appalachianum **   Polypodium appalachianum **   Polypodium appalachianum **   Polypodium appalachianum **   Polypodium appalachianum **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none-
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