085-GDNR-0002
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Plot ID Fields:
Author Plot Code	085-GDNR-0002
Author Observation Code	085-GDNR-0002
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Confidentiality Status	100 km radius (nearest degree)
Latitude	37 º
Longitude	-76 º
State or Province	Virginia
Named Places	region|state|province: Virginia
Layout Fields:
DSG Polygon	11.28 m radius
Area	400 m²
Permanence	not permanent
Environment Fields:
Elevation	6 m
Slope Aspect	(n/a, flat) º
Slope Gradient	0 º
Topographic Position	plain/level/bottom
Landform	undulating/flat plain
Hydrologic Regime	non-tidal - saturated
Soil Moisture Regime	mesic
Soil Drainage	somewhat poorly drained
Methods Fields:
Observation Start Date	15-Aug-1995
Observation End Date	15-Aug-1995
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:
--no data--
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative	Plot Location: ca. 0.1 miles S. of Interior Ditch at a point 0.4 miles W of Lake Drummond. Great Dismal Swamp NWR. Hummock and hollow microtopography. Nutrient Regime: Eutrophic. The plot represents vegetation found over substantial area on both side of Railroad Ditch west of Lake Drummond. Although in some ways typical of the secondary, seasonally flooded forests of the Great Dismal Swamp, these communities are unusual in their abundance of Liriodendron tulipifera, Asimina triloba, and the more typically montane ferns Dryopteris internedia and D. carthusiana. Many of the canopy trees (mostly Acer rubrum, Nyssa biflora, and Liriodendron, with a few scattered Taxodium distichum) are large and apparently quite old (>100 years). In places, massive tangles of Smilax rotundifolia cover the crowns of canopy trees and smother large expanses of shrub layer vegetation. In addition to the current prominence of mesic-site species such as Asimina and Dryopteris spp., the habitat has a number of peculiar features which all suggest large-scale hydrologic changes leading to peat dessication and decomposition. Most trees are more of less elevated on large root hummocks; Taxodium knees abound in places where no trees occur, and well preserved, Chamaecyparis thyoideslogs are half-buried in the humus.

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 Acer rubrum Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   -all-   37.5 % 7       -none- 2 Asimina triloba Asimina triloba **   Asimina triloba **   Asimina triloba **   Asimina triloba **   Asimina triloba **   Asimina triloba **   Asimina triloba **   Asimina triloba **   -all-   17.5 % 6       -none- 3 Smilax rotundifolia Smilax rotundifolia **   Smilax rotundifolia **   Smilax rotundifolia **   Smilax rotundifolia **   Smilax rotundifolia **   Smilax rotundifolia **   Smilax rotundifolia **   Smilax rotundifolia **   -all-   17.5 % 6       -none- 4 Clethra alnifolia Clethra alnifolia **   Clethra alnifolia **   Clethra alnifolia **   Clethra alnifolia **   Clethra alnifolia **   Clethra alnifolia **   Clethra alnifolia **   Clethra alnifolia **   -all-   17.5 % 6       -none- 5 Nyssa biflora Nyssa biflora **   Nyssa biflora **   Nyssa biflora **   Nyssa biflora **   Nyssa biflora **   Nyssa biflora **   Nyssa biflora **   Nyssa biflora **   -all-   17.5 % 6       -none- 6 Ilex opaca var. opaca Ilex opaca var. opaca **   Ilex opaca var. opaca **   Ilex opaca var. opaca **   Ilex opaca var. opaca **   Ilex opaca var. opaca **   Ilex opaca var. opaca **   Ilex opaca var. opaca **   Ilex opaca var. opaca **   -all-   7.5 % 5       -none- 7 Liriodendron tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera **   Liriodendron tulipifera **   Liriodendron tulipifera **   Liriodendron tulipifera **   Liriodendron tulipifera **   Liriodendron tulipifera **   Liriodendron tulipifera **   Liriodendron tulipifera **   -all-   7.5 % 5       -none- 8 Dryopteris intermedia Dryopteris intermedia **   Dryopteris intermedia **   Dryopteris intermedia **   Dryopteris intermedia **   Dryopteris intermedia **   Dryopteris intermedia **   Dryopteris intermedia **   Dryopteris intermedia **   -all-   7.5 % 5       -none- 9 Decumaria barbara Decumaria barbara **   Decumaria barbara **   Decumaria barbara **   Decumaria barbara **   Decumaria barbara **   Decumaria barbara **   Decumaria barbara **   Decumaria barbara **   -all-   7.5 % 5       -none- 10 Vitis rotundifolia var. rotundifolia Vitis rotundifolia var. rotundifolia **   Vitis rotundifolia var. rotundifolia **   Vitis rotundifolia var. rotundifolia **   Vitis rotundifolia var. rotundifolia **   Vitis rotundifolia var. rotundifolia **   Vitis rotundifolia var. rotundifolia **   Vitis rotundifolia var. rotundifolia **   Vitis rotundifolia var. rotundifolia **   -all-   7.5 % 5       -none- 11 Taxodium distichum Taxodium distichum **   Taxodium distichum **   Taxodium distichum **   Taxodium distichum **   Taxodium distichum **   Taxodium distichum **   Taxodium distichum **   Taxodium distichum **   -all-   3.5 % 4       -none- 12 Smilax glauca Smilax glauca **   Smilax glauca **   Smilax glauca **   Smilax glauca **   Smilax glauca **   Smilax glauca **   Smilax glauca **   Smilax glauca **   -all-   3.5 % 4       -none- 13 Persea palustris Persea palustris **   Persea palustris **   Persea palustris **   Persea palustris **   Persea palustris **   Persea palustris **   Persea palustris **   Persea palustris **   -all-   1.5 % 3       -none- 14 Parthenocissus quinquefolia Parthenocissus quinquefolia **   Parthenocissus quinquefolia **   Parthenocissus quinquefolia **   Parthenocissus quinquefolia **   Parthenocissus quinquefolia **   Parthenocissus quinquefolia **   Parthenocissus quinquefolia **   Parthenocissus quinquefolia **   -all-   1.5 % 3       -none- 15 Toxicodendron radicans Toxicodendron radicans **   Toxicodendron radicans **   Toxicodendron radicans **   Toxicodendron radicans **   Toxicodendron radicans **   Toxicodendron radicans **   Toxicodendron radicans **   Toxicodendron radicans **   -all-   1.5 % 3       -none- 16 Erechtites hieraciifolius Erechtites hieraciifolius **   Erechtites hieraciifolius **   Erechtites hieraciifolius **   Erechtites hieraciifolius **   Erechtites hieraciifolius **   Erechtites hieraciifolius **   Erechtites hieraciifolius **   Erechtites hieraciifolius **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 17 Rubus pensilvanicus Rubus pensilvanicus **   Rubus pensilvanicus **   Rubus pensilvanicus **   Rubus pensilvanicus **   Rubus pensilvanicus **   Rubus pensilvanicus **   Rubus pensilvanicus **   Rubus pensilvanicus **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 18 Vaccinium corymbosum Vaccinium corymbosum **   Vaccinium corymbosum **   Vaccinium corymbosum **   Vaccinium corymbosum **   Vaccinium corymbosum **   Vaccinium corymbosum **   Vaccinium corymbosum **   Vaccinium corymbosum **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 19 Bignonia capreolata Bignonia capreolata **   Bignonia capreolata **   Bignonia capreolata **   Bignonia capreolata **   Bignonia capreolata **   Bignonia capreolata **   Bignonia capreolata **   Bignonia capreolata **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 20 Asplenium platyneuron Asplenium platyneuron **   Asplenium platyneuron **   Asplenium platyneuron **   Asplenium platyneuron **   Asplenium platyneuron **   Asplenium platyneuron **   Asplenium platyneuron **   Asplenium platyneuron **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 21 Gelsemium sempervirens Gelsemium sempervirens **   Gelsemium sempervirens **   Gelsemium sempervirens **   Gelsemium sempervirens **   Gelsemium sempervirens **   Gelsemium sempervirens **   Gelsemium sempervirens **   Gelsemium sempervirens **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 22 Diospyros virginiana Diospyros virginiana **   Diospyros virginiana **   Diospyros virginiana **   Diospyros virginiana **   Diospyros virginiana **   Diospyros virginiana **   Diospyros virginiana **   Diospyros virginiana **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 23 Pleopeltis polypodioides ssp. michauxiana Pleopeltis polypodioides ssp. michauxiana **   Pleopeltis polypodioides ssp. michauxiana **   Pleopeltis polypodioides ssp. michauxiana **   Pleopeltis polypodioides ssp. michauxiana **   Pleopeltis polypodioides ssp. michauxiana **   Pleopeltis polypodioides ssp. michauxiana **   Pleopeltis polypodioides ssp. michauxiana **   Pleopeltis polypodioides ssp. michauxiana **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 24 Rubus flagellaris Rubus flagellaris **   Rubus flagellaris **   Rubus flagellaris **   Rubus flagellaris **   Rubus flagellaris **   Rubus flagellaris **   Rubus flagellaris **   Rubus flagellaris **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none-
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