085-GJNF-0352
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Plot ID Fields:
Author Plot Code	085-GJNF-0352
Author Observation Code	085-GJNF-0352
Location Fields:	MAP: Google | Yahoo | TopoZone | MapQuest
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	11.28 m radius
Area	400 m²
Permanence	not permanent
Environment Fields:
Elevation	850 m
Slope Aspect	131 º
Slope Gradient	35 º
Topographic Position	upper slope
Hydrologic Regime	terrestrial (upland)
Soil Moisture Regime	xeric
Soil Drainage	rapidly drained
Methods Fields:
Observation Start Date	05-Nov-1995
Observation End Date	05-Nov-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:
Field Height	30 m
Tree Cover	15 %
Shrub Cover	50 %
Field Cover	50 %
Nonvascular Cover	15 %
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative	A sandstone "glade" woodland, dominated by short-stature mixture of yellow pines (Pinus pungens, P. virginiana, and P. rigida) with Quercus montana and Q. velutina important as associates. A characteristic community of sloping, sandstone (cf. Tuscarora quartzite) pavement-like outcrops, where erosion has left much rock surface without soil or with thin, sandy and/or duff soils. This plot includes both areas with thin soil coverage and areas with no soil. Herb layer aerial coverage and species richness are much lower in the areas with little soil coverage: the herbs are nearly absent and heaths dominate the local soil and litter accumulations in angles and crevices, which are also where the trees are rooted. Lichens are abundant on the exposed sandstone. Importance of fire in maintaining pine dominance here is not clear. In this study, these pavement woodlands occur locally only on the southeastern dipslope of the main Peters Mt. ridges. Plot located ca. 2.0 km NNW of Morning Knob and ca. 180 m directly upslope from bench depression shown on USGS topo quad.

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 Carex pensylvanica Carex pensylvanica **   Carex pensylvanica **   Carex pensylvanica **   Carex pensylvanica **   Carex pensylvanica **   Carex pensylvanica **   Carex pensylvanica **   Carex pensylvanica **   -all-   17.5 % 6       -none- 2 Quercus montana Quercus montana **   Quercus montana **   Quercus montana **   Quercus montana **   Quercus montana **   Quercus montana **   Quercus montana **   Quercus montana **   -all-   17.5 % 6       -none- 3 Kalmia latifolia Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   -all-   17.5 % 6       -none- 4 Vaccinium pallidum Vaccinium pallidum **   Vaccinium pallidum **   Vaccinium pallidum **   Vaccinium pallidum **   Vaccinium pallidum **   Vaccinium pallidum **   Vaccinium pallidum **   Vaccinium pallidum **   -all-   17.5 % 6       -none- 5 Vaccinium stamineum Vaccinium stamineum **   Vaccinium stamineum **   Vaccinium stamineum **   Vaccinium stamineum **   Vaccinium stamineum **   Vaccinium stamineum **   Vaccinium stamineum **   Vaccinium stamineum **   -all-   7.5 % 5       -none- 6 Pinus virginiana Pinus virginiana **   Pinus virginiana **   Pinus virginiana **   Pinus virginiana **   Pinus virginiana **   Pinus virginiana **   Pinus virginiana **   Pinus virginiana **   -all-   7.5 % 5       -none- 7 Amelanchier arborea Amelanchier arborea **   Amelanchier arborea **   Amelanchier arborea **   Amelanchier arborea **   Amelanchier arborea **   Amelanchier arborea **   Amelanchier arborea **   Amelanchier arborea **   -all-   3.5 % 4       -none- 8 Gaylussacia baccata Gaylussacia baccata **   Gaylussacia baccata **   Gaylussacia baccata **   Gaylussacia baccata **   Gaylussacia baccata **   Gaylussacia baccata **   Gaylussacia baccata **   Gaylussacia baccata **   -all-   3.5 % 4       -none- 9 Pinus rigida Pinus rigida **   Pinus rigida **   Pinus rigida **   Pinus rigida **   Pinus rigida **   Pinus rigida **   Pinus rigida **   Pinus rigida **   -all-   1.5 % 3       -none- 10 Quercus velutina Quercus velutina **   Quercus velutina **   Quercus velutina **   Quercus velutina **   Quercus velutina **   Quercus velutina **   Quercus velutina **   Quercus velutina **   -all-   1.5 % 3       -none- 11 Acer rubrum Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   -all-   1.5 % 3       -none- 12 Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium **   Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium **   Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium **   Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium **   Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium **   Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium **   Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium **   Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium **   -all-   1.5 % 3       -none- 13 Carex umbellata Carex umbellata **   Carex umbellata **   Carex umbellata **   Carex umbellata **   Carex umbellata **   Carex umbellata **   Carex umbellata **   Carex umbellata **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 14 Houstonia longifolia Houstonia longifolia **   Houstonia longifolia **   Houstonia longifolia **   Houstonia longifolia **   Houstonia longifolia **   Houstonia longifolia **   Houstonia longifolia **   Houstonia longifolia **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 15 Smilax glauca Smilax glauca **   Smilax glauca **   Smilax glauca **   Smilax glauca **   Smilax glauca **   Smilax glauca **   Smilax glauca **   Smilax glauca **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 16 Dichanthelium commutatum Dichanthelium commutatum **   Dichanthelium commutatum **   Dichanthelium commutatum **   Dichanthelium commutatum **   Dichanthelium commutatum **   Dichanthelium commutatum **   Dichanthelium commutatum **   Dichanthelium commutatum **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 17 Solidago bicolor Solidago bicolor **   Solidago bicolor **   Solidago bicolor **   Solidago bicolor **   Solidago bicolor **   Solidago bicolor **   Solidago bicolor **   Solidago bicolor **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 18 Coreopsis major Coreopsis major **   Coreopsis major **   Coreopsis major **   Coreopsis major **   Coreopsis major **   Coreopsis major **   Coreopsis major **   Coreopsis major **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 19 Quercus alba Quercus alba **   Quercus alba **   Quercus alba **   Quercus alba **   Quercus alba **   Quercus alba **   Quercus alba **   Quercus alba **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 20 Sassafras albidum Sassafras albidum **   Sassafras albidum **   Sassafras albidum **   Sassafras albidum **   Sassafras albidum **   Sassafras albidum **   Sassafras albidum **   Sassafras albidum **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 21 Dichanthelium depauperatum Dichanthelium depauperatum **   Dichanthelium depauperatum **   Dichanthelium depauperatum **   Dichanthelium depauperatum **   Dichanthelium depauperatum **   Dichanthelium depauperatum **   Dichanthelium depauperatum **   Dichanthelium depauperatum **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 22 Viola sp. Viola sp. **   Viola sp. **   Viola sp. **   Viola sp. **   Viola sp. **   Viola sp. **   Viola sp. **   Viola sp. **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 23 Quercus rubra Quercus rubra **   Quercus rubra **   Quercus rubra **   Quercus rubra **   Quercus rubra **   Quercus rubra **   Quercus rubra **   Quercus rubra **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 24 Vitis sp. Vitis sp. **   Vitis sp. **   Vitis sp. **   Vitis sp. **   Vitis sp. **   Vitis sp. **   Vitis sp. **   Vitis sp. **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 25 Asplenium platyneuron Asplenium platyneuron **   Asplenium platyneuron **   Asplenium platyneuron **   Asplenium platyneuron **   Asplenium platyneuron **   Asplenium platyneuron **   Asplenium platyneuron **   Asplenium platyneuron **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 26 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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