085-GJNF-0325
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Plot ID Fields:
Author Plot Code	085-GJNF-0325
Author Observation Code	085-GJNF-0325
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Confidentiality Status	100 km radius (nearest degree)
Latitude	38 º
Longitude	-80 º
State or Province	Virginia
Named Places	county: Alleghany region|state|province: Virginia
Layout Fields:
DSG Polygon	5.64 m radius
Area	100 m²
Permanence	not permanent
Environment Fields:
Elevation	402 m
Slope Aspect	164 º
Slope Gradient	35 º
Topographic Position	middle slope
Hydrologic Regime	terrestrial (upland)
Soil Moisture Regime	xeric
Soil Drainage	rapidly drained
Methods Fields:
Observation Start Date	03-Aug-1994
Observation End Date	03-Aug-1994
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:
Field Height	5 m
Shrub Cover	30 %
Field Cover	30 %
Nonvascular Cover	1 %
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative	A classic shale barren community, with many shale barren endemics and near endemics: e.g., Packera antennariifolia, Eriogonum allenii, Clematis albicoma and the rare Cheilanthes eatonii. As with many of the best (i.e., endemic-rich), largest barrens, undercutting by a major stream has maintained a very steep slope with a high proportion of exposed shale bedrock. It has also in common with most other endemic rich barrens a southerly aspect and being on the Brallier Formation. There are really two major open communities here which share a number of herbs: the scrub community, represented by this plot, on a channery armored sloping soil and a lithophytic herbaceous community on the very steep outcrops (not sampled). A relatively high pH and medium high Ca levels suggest a calcareous component in the bedrock. Plant indicators of a more fertile substrate compared with other shale scrub and woodlands are Cercis canadensis and Fraxinus americana. Plot located on steep, sloping terrace between vertical cliffs of steep shale barren just north of Rt. 18 crossing of Potts Creek with gauging station, 1.3 km southwest of Blue Spring Run.

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 Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana **   Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana **   Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana **   Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana **   Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana **   Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana **   Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana **   Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana **   -all-   17.5 % 6       -none- 2 Carya glabra Carya glabra **   Carya glabra **   Carya glabra **   Carya glabra **   Carya glabra **   Carya glabra **   Carya glabra **   Carya glabra **   -all-   7.5 % 5       -none- 3 Phlox subulata Phlox subulata **   Phlox subulata **   Phlox subulata **   Phlox subulata **   Phlox subulata **   Phlox subulata **   Phlox subulata **   Phlox subulata **   -all-   7.5 % 5       -none- 4 Pinus virginiana Pinus virginiana **   Pinus virginiana **   Pinus virginiana **   Pinus virginiana **   Pinus virginiana **   Pinus virginiana **   Pinus virginiana **   Pinus virginiana **   -all-   7.5 % 5       -none- 5 Packera antennariifolia Packera antennariifolia **   Packera antennariifolia **   Packera antennariifolia **   Packera antennariifolia **   Packera antennariifolia **   Packera antennariifolia **   Packera antennariifolia **   Packera antennariifolia **   -all-   7.5 % 5       -none- 6 Clematis albicoma Clematis albicoma **   Clematis albicoma **   Clematis albicoma **   Clematis albicoma **   Clematis albicoma **   Clematis albicoma **   Clematis albicoma **   Clematis albicoma **   -all-   3.5 % 4       -none- 7 Quercus montana Quercus montana **   Quercus montana **   Quercus montana **   Quercus montana **   Quercus montana **   Quercus montana **   Quercus montana **   Quercus montana **   -all-   3.5 % 4       -none- 8 Solidago harrisii Solidago harrisii **   Solidago harrisii **   Solidago harrisii **   Solidago harrisii **   Solidago harrisii **   Solidago harrisii **   Solidago harrisii **   Solidago harrisii **   -all-   3.5 % 4       -none- 9 Galactia volubilis var. volubilis Galactia volubilis var. volubilis **   Galactia volubilis var. volubilis **   Galactia volubilis var. volubilis **   Galactia volubilis var. volubilis **   Galactia volubilis var. volubilis **   Galactia volubilis var. volubilis **   Galactia volubilis var. volubilis **   Galactia volubilis var. volubilis **   -all-   3.5 % 4       -none- 10 Quercus rubra Quercus rubra **   Quercus rubra **   Quercus rubra **   Quercus rubra **   Quercus rubra **   Quercus rubra **   Quercus rubra **   Quercus rubra **   -all-   3.5 % 4       -none- 11 Heuchera americana Heuchera americana **   Heuchera americana **   Heuchera americana **   Heuchera americana **   Heuchera americana **   Heuchera americana **   Heuchera americana **   Heuchera americana **   -all-   3.5 % 4       -none- 12 Fraxinus americana Fraxinus americana **   Fraxinus americana **   Fraxinus americana **   Fraxinus americana **   Fraxinus americana **   Fraxinus americana **   Fraxinus americana **   Fraxinus americana **   -all-   3.5 % 4       -none- 13 Carex pensylvanica Carex pensylvanica **   Carex pensylvanica **   Carex pensylvanica **   Carex pensylvanica **   Carex pensylvanica **   Carex pensylvanica **   Carex pensylvanica **   Carex pensylvanica **   -all-   1.5 % 3       -none- 14 Cercis canadensis var. canadensis Cercis canadensis var. canadensis **   Cercis canadensis var. canadensis **   Cercis canadensis var. canadensis **   Cercis canadensis var. canadensis **   Cercis canadensis var. canadensis **   Cercis canadensis var. canadensis **   Cercis canadensis var. canadensis **   Cercis canadensis var. canadensis **   -all-   1.5 % 3       -none- 15 Danthonia spicata Danthonia spicata **   Danthonia spicata **   Danthonia spicata **   Danthonia spicata **   Danthonia spicata **   Danthonia spicata **   Danthonia spicata **   Danthonia spicata **   -all-   1.5 % 3       -none- 16 Rhus copallinum Rhus copallinum **   Rhus copallinum **   Rhus copallinum **   Rhus copallinum **   Rhus copallinum **   Rhus copallinum **   Rhus copallinum **   Rhus copallinum **   -all-   1.5 % 3       -none- 17 Hylotelephium telephioides Hylotelephium telephioides **   Hylotelephium telephioides **   Hylotelephium telephioides **   Hylotelephium telephioides **   Hylotelephium telephioides **   Hylotelephium telephioides **   Hylotelephium telephioides **   Hylotelephium telephioides **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 18 Ipomoea pandurata Ipomoea pandurata **   Ipomoea pandurata **   Ipomoea pandurata **   Ipomoea pandurata **   Ipomoea pandurata **   Ipomoea pandurata **   Ipomoea pandurata **   Ipomoea pandurata **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 19 Allium cernuum Allium cernuum **   Allium cernuum **   Allium cernuum **   Allium cernuum **   Allium cernuum **   Allium cernuum **   Allium cernuum **   Allium cernuum **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 20 Asclepias verticillata Asclepias verticillata **   Asclepias verticillata **   Asclepias verticillata **   Asclepias verticillata **   Asclepias verticillata **   Asclepias verticillata **   Asclepias verticillata **   Asclepias verticillata **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 21 Asplenium platyneuron Asplenium platyneuron **   Asplenium platyneuron **   Asplenium platyneuron **   Asplenium platyneuron **   Asplenium platyneuron **   Asplenium platyneuron **   Asplenium platyneuron **   Asplenium platyneuron **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 22 Eriogonum allenii Eriogonum allenii **   Eriogonum allenii **   Eriogonum allenii **   Eriogonum allenii **   Eriogonum allenii **   Eriogonum allenii **   Eriogonum allenii **   Eriogonum allenii **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 23 Houstonia longifolia Houstonia longifolia **   Houstonia longifolia **   Houstonia longifolia **   Houstonia longifolia **   Houstonia longifolia **   Houstonia longifolia **   Houstonia longifolia **   Houstonia longifolia **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 24 Lespedeza virginica Lespedeza virginica **   Lespedeza virginica **   Lespedeza virginica **   Lespedeza virginica **   Lespedeza virginica **   Lespedeza virginica **   Lespedeza virginica **   Lespedeza virginica **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 25 Oxalis dillenii Oxalis dillenii **   Oxalis dillenii **   Oxalis dillenii **   Oxalis dillenii **   Oxalis dillenii **   Oxalis dillenii **   Oxalis dillenii **   Oxalis dillenii **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 26 Dichanthelium depauperatum Dichanthelium depauperatum **   Dichanthelium depauperatum **   Dichanthelium depauperatum **   Dichanthelium depauperatum **   Dichanthelium depauperatum **   Dichanthelium depauperatum **   Dichanthelium depauperatum **   Dichanthelium depauperatum **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 27 Trichostema brachiatum Trichostema brachiatum **   Trichostema brachiatum **   Trichostema brachiatum **   Trichostema brachiatum **   Trichostema brachiatum **   Trichostema brachiatum **   Trichostema brachiatum **   Trichostema brachiatum **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 28 Parthenocissus quinquefolia Parthenocissus quinquefolia **   Parthenocissus quinquefolia **   Parthenocissus quinquefolia **   Parthenocissus quinquefolia **   Parthenocissus quinquefolia **   Parthenocissus quinquefolia **   Parthenocissus quinquefolia **   Parthenocissus quinquefolia **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 29 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- 30 Galium pilosum Galium pilosum **   Galium pilosum **   Galium pilosum **   Galium pilosum **   Galium pilosum **   Galium pilosum **   Galium pilosum **   Galium pilosum **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 31 Paronychia montana Paronychia montana **   Paronychia montana **   Paronychia montana **   Paronychia montana **   Paronychia montana **   Paronychia montana **   Paronychia montana **   Paronychia montana **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 32 Symphyotrichum oblongifolium Symphyotrichum oblongifolium **   Symphyotrichum oblongifolium **   Symphyotrichum oblongifolium **   Symphyotrichum oblongifolium **   Symphyotrichum oblongifolium **   Symphyotrichum oblongifolium **   Symphyotrichum oblongifolium **   Symphyotrichum oblongifolium **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 33 Cheilanthes lanosa Cheilanthes lanosa **   Cheilanthes lanosa **   Cheilanthes lanosa **   Cheilanthes lanosa **   Cheilanthes lanosa **   Cheilanthes lanosa **   Cheilanthes lanosa **   Cheilanthes lanosa **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 34 Brickellia eupatorioides var. eupatorioides Brickellia eupatorioides var. eupatorioides **   Brickellia eupatorioides var. eupatorioides **   Brickellia eupatorioides var. eupatorioides **   Brickellia eupatorioides var. eupatorioides **   Brickellia eupatorioides var. eupatorioides **   Brickellia eupatorioides var. eupatorioides **   Brickellia eupatorioides var. eupatorioides **   Brickellia eupatorioides var. eupatorioides **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 35 Robinia pseudoacacia Robinia pseudoacacia **   Robinia pseudoacacia **   Robinia pseudoacacia **   Robinia pseudoacacia **   Robinia pseudoacacia **   Robinia pseudoacacia **   Robinia pseudoacacia **   Robinia pseudoacacia **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 36 Trifolium virginicum Trifolium virginicum **   Trifolium virginicum **   Trifolium virginicum **   Trifolium virginicum **   Trifolium virginicum **   Trifolium virginicum **   Trifolium virginicum **   Trifolium virginicum **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 37 Bidens bipinnata Bidens bipinnata **   Bidens bipinnata **   Bidens bipinnata **   Bidens bipinnata **   Bidens bipinnata **   Bidens bipinnata **   Bidens bipinnata **   Bidens bipinnata **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 38 Celtis occidentalis Celtis occidentalis **   Celtis occidentalis **   Celtis occidentalis **   Celtis occidentalis **   Celtis occidentalis **   Celtis occidentalis **   Celtis occidentalis **   Celtis occidentalis **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 39 Solidago erecta Solidago erecta **   Solidago erecta **   Solidago erecta **   Solidago erecta **   Solidago erecta **   Solidago erecta **   Solidago erecta **   Solidago erecta **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 40 Trichostema dichotomum Trichostema dichotomum **   Trichostema dichotomum **   Trichostema dichotomum **   Trichostema dichotomum **   Trichostema dichotomum **   Trichostema dichotomum **   Trichostema dichotomum **   Trichostema dichotomum **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 41 Penstemon canescens Penstemon canescens **   Penstemon canescens **   Penstemon canescens **   Penstemon canescens **   Penstemon canescens **   Penstemon canescens **   Penstemon canescens **   Penstemon canescens **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 42 Fallopia cristata Fallopia cristata **   Fallopia cristata **   Fallopia cristata **   Fallopia cristata **   Fallopia cristata **   Fallopia cristata **   Fallopia cristata **   Fallopia cristata **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 43 Verbascum thapsus Verbascum thapsus **   Verbascum thapsus **   Verbascum thapsus **   Verbascum thapsus **   Verbascum thapsus **   Verbascum thapsus **   Verbascum thapsus **   Verbascum thapsus **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none-
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