085-GWNF-0318
» Citation URL: http://vegbank.org/cite/urn:lsid:cvs.bio.unc.edu:observation:14165-{4EEC4E65-30A7-4940-825C-D58780799E9E} » Citing info
Plot ID Fields:
Author Plot Code	085-GWNF-0318
Author Observation Code	085-GWNF-0318
Location Fields:	MAP: Google | Yahoo | TopoZone | MapQuest
Confidentiality Status	100 km radius (nearest degree)
Latitude	39 º
Longitude	-80 º
State or Province	Virginia
Named Places	county: Highland region|state|province: Virginia
Layout Fields:
DSG Polygon	11.28 m radius
Area	400 m²
Permanence	not permanent
Environment Fields:
Elevation	1069 m
Slope Aspect	80 º
Slope Gradient	19 º
Topographic Position	lower slope
Hydrologic Regime	terrestrial (upland)
Soil Moisture Regime	mesic
Soil Drainage	well drained
Methods Fields:
Observation Start Date	07-Jul-1994
Observation End Date	07-Jul-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:
Tree Cover	90 %
Shrub Cover	5 %
Field Cover	30 %
Nonvascular Cover	1 %
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative	The plot is located in a lower, north facing ravine slope which supports a very mixed and rather rich northern hardwood forest. Major trees here include sugar maple (Acer saccharum), yellow birch (Betula allegheniensis), basswood (Tilia americana), white ash (Fraxinus americana) and beech (Fagus grandifolia) along with a little hemlock (Tsuga canadensis). The forest is relatively young and the landscape is scarred from cable logging operations in the 1920s. Heavy deer browse impacts have seriously impacted the composition and vigor of herbaceous and shrub layers. Sugar maple, beech and hemlock are the most abundant species of the lower woody strata and appear to be the likely climax trees on this site. However, the future roles of beech and hemlock in this community are uncertain because of infestations by hemlock wooly adelgid and beach bark disease (beech scale nectria complex). Measured trees in plot (dbh in cm.): Acer saccharum (75), Fraxinus americana (39), Tilia americana (43), Prunus serotina (40).

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 saccharum Acer saccharum **   Acer saccharum **   Acer saccharum **   Acer saccharum **   Acer saccharum **   Acer saccharum **   Acer saccharum **   Acer saccharum **   -all-   62.5 % 8       -none- 2 Betula alleghaniensis Betula alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis **   Betula alleghaniensis **   -all-   17.5 % 6       -none- 3 Fraxinus americana Fraxinus americana **   Fraxinus americana **   Fraxinus americana **   Fraxinus americana **   Fraxinus americana **   Fraxinus americana **   Fraxinus americana **   Fraxinus americana **   -all-   17.5 % 6       -none- 4 Allium tricoccum Allium tricoccum **   Allium tricoccum **   Allium tricoccum **   Allium tricoccum **   Allium tricoccum **   Allium tricoccum **   Allium tricoccum **   Allium tricoccum **   -all-   17.5 % 6       -none- 5 Tsuga canadensis Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   Tsuga canadensis **   -all-   17.5 % 6       -none- 6 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-   7.5 % 5       -none- 7 Fagus grandifolia Fagus grandifolia **   Fagus grandifolia **   Fagus grandifolia **   Fagus grandifolia **   Fagus grandifolia **   Fagus grandifolia **   Fagus grandifolia **   Fagus grandifolia **   -all-   7.5 % 5       -none- 8 Tilia americana Tilia americana **   Tilia americana **   Tilia americana **   Tilia americana **   Tilia americana **   Tilia americana **   Tilia americana **   Tilia americana **   -all-   7.5 % 5       -none- 9 Laportea canadensis Laportea canadensis **   Laportea canadensis **   Laportea canadensis **   Laportea canadensis **   Laportea canadensis **   Laportea canadensis **   Laportea canadensis **   Laportea canadensis **   -all-   3.5 % 4       -none- 10 Dryopteris intermedia Dryopteris intermedia **   Dryopteris intermedia **   Dryopteris intermedia **   Dryopteris intermedia **   Dryopteris intermedia **   Dryopteris intermedia **   Dryopteris intermedia **   Dryopteris intermedia **   -all-   3.5 % 4       -none- 11 Oxalis montana Oxalis montana **   Oxalis montana **   Oxalis montana **   Oxalis montana **   Oxalis montana **   Oxalis montana **   Oxalis montana **   Oxalis montana **   -all-   3.5 % 4       -none- 12 Viola canadensis var. canadensis Viola canadensis var. canadensis **   Viola canadensis var. canadensis **   Viola canadensis var. canadensis **   Viola canadensis var. canadensis **   Viola canadensis var. canadensis **   Viola canadensis var. canadensis **   Viola canadensis var. canadensis **   Viola canadensis var. canadensis **   -all-   1.5 % 3       -none- 13 Caulophyllum thalictroides Caulophyllum thalictroides **   Caulophyllum thalictroides **   Caulophyllum thalictroides **   Caulophyllum thalictroides **   Caulophyllum thalictroides **   Caulophyllum thalictroides **   Caulophyllum thalictroides **   Caulophyllum thalictroides **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 14 Viola rotundifolia Viola rotundifolia **   Viola rotundifolia **   Viola rotundifolia **   Viola rotundifolia **   Viola rotundifolia **   Viola rotundifolia **   Viola rotundifolia **   Viola rotundifolia **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 15 Polygonatum pubescens Polygonatum pubescens **   Polygonatum pubescens **   Polygonatum pubescens **   Polygonatum pubescens **   Polygonatum pubescens **   Polygonatum pubescens **   Polygonatum pubescens **   Polygonatum pubescens **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 16 Botrypus virginianus Botrypus virginianus **   Botrypus virginianus **   Botrypus virginianus **   Botrypus virginianus **   Botrypus virginianus **   Botrypus virginianus **   Botrypus virginianus **   Botrypus virginianus **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 17 Polystichum acrostichoides Polystichum acrostichoides **   Polystichum acrostichoides **   Polystichum acrostichoides **   Polystichum acrostichoides **   Polystichum acrostichoides **   Polystichum acrostichoides **   Polystichum acrostichoides **   Polystichum acrostichoides **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 18 Rubus flagellaris Rubus flagellaris **   Rubus flagellaris **   Rubus flagellaris **   Rubus flagellaris **   Rubus flagellaris **   Rubus flagellaris **   Rubus flagellaris **   Rubus flagellaris **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 19 Arisaema triphyllum Arisaema triphyllum **   Arisaema triphyllum **   Arisaema triphyllum **   Arisaema triphyllum **   Arisaema triphyllum **   Arisaema triphyllum **   Arisaema triphyllum **   Arisaema triphyllum **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 20 Tiarella cordifolia var. cordifolia Tiarella cordifolia var. cordifolia **   Tiarella cordifolia var. cordifolia **   Tiarella cordifolia var. cordifolia **   Tiarella cordifolia var. cordifolia **   Tiarella cordifolia var. cordifolia **   Tiarella cordifolia var. cordifolia **   Tiarella cordifolia var. cordifolia **   Tiarella cordifolia var. cordifolia **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 21 Milium effusum var. cisatlanticum Milium effusum var. cisatlanticum **   Milium effusum var. cisatlanticum **   Milium effusum var. cisatlanticum **   Milium effusum var. cisatlanticum **   Milium effusum var. cisatlanticum **   Milium effusum var. cisatlanticum **   Milium effusum var. cisatlanticum **   Milium effusum var. cisatlanticum **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 22 Cardamine diphylla Cardamine diphylla **   Cardamine diphylla **   Cardamine diphylla **   Cardamine diphylla **   Cardamine diphylla **   Cardamine diphylla **   Cardamine diphylla **   Cardamine diphylla **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 23 Eurybia divaricata Eurybia divaricata **   Eurybia divaricata **   Eurybia divaricata **   Eurybia divaricata **   Eurybia divaricata **   Eurybia divaricata **   Eurybia divaricata **   Eurybia divaricata **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 24 Galium triflorum Galium triflorum **   Galium triflorum **   Galium triflorum **   Galium triflorum **   Galium triflorum **   Galium triflorum **   Galium triflorum **   Galium triflorum **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 25 Hydrophyllum virginianum Hydrophyllum virginianum **   Hydrophyllum virginianum **   Hydrophyllum virginianum **   Hydrophyllum virginianum **   Hydrophyllum virginianum **   Hydrophyllum virginianum **   Hydrophyllum virginianum **   Hydrophyllum virginianum **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 26 Viola blanda Viola blanda **   Viola blanda **   Viola blanda **   Viola blanda **   Viola blanda **   Viola blanda **   Viola blanda **   Viola blanda **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 27 Cinna latifolia Cinna latifolia **   Cinna latifolia **   Cinna latifolia **   Cinna latifolia **   Cinna latifolia **   Cinna latifolia **   Cinna latifolia **   Cinna latifolia **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 28 Nabalus altissimus Nabalus altissimus **   Nabalus altissimus **   Nabalus altissimus **   Nabalus altissimus **   Nabalus altissimus **   Nabalus altissimus **   Nabalus altissimus **   Nabalus altissimus **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 29 Prosartes lanuginosa Prosartes lanuginosa **   Prosartes lanuginosa **   Prosartes lanuginosa **   Prosartes lanuginosa **   Prosartes lanuginosa **   Prosartes lanuginosa **   Prosartes lanuginosa **   Prosartes lanuginosa **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 30 Festuca subverticillata Festuca subverticillata **   Festuca subverticillata **   Festuca subverticillata **   Festuca subverticillata **   Festuca subverticillata **   Festuca subverticillata **   Festuca subverticillata **   Festuca subverticillata **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none-
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