085-GWNF-0321
» Citation URL: http://vegbank.org/cite/urn:lsid:cvs.bio.unc.edu:observation:14168-{F44D05CF-BB92-4257-B78A-91D17297D4D3} » Citing info
Plot ID Fields:
Author Plot Code	085-GWNF-0321
Author Observation Code	085-GWNF-0321
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	1120 m
Slope Aspect	60 º
Slope Gradient	17 º
Topographic Position	lower slope
Hydrologic Regime	terrestrial (upland)
Soil Moisture Regime	mesic
Soil Drainage	well drained
Methods Fields:
Observation Start Date	15-Jul-1994
Observation End Date	15-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	70 %
Shrub Cover	30 %
Field Cover	30 %
Nonvascular Cover	1 %
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative	This plot documents a rather rich northern hardwood community occupying slopes bordering small ravines below the summit of Allegheny Mountain. The forest is relatively young and the landscape is scarred from cable logging operations in the 1920s. Regenerations on this slope currently features sugar maple (Acer saccharum), black cherry (Prunus serotina), black birch (Betula lenta), red oak (Quercus rubra), and cucumber tree (Magnolia acuminata) also present. A number of nutrient demanding species are present in the herbaceous layer. Some die back mortality of beech (from beech bark disease) and birches was noted on the slope and deer browse impacts on herbaceous plants and shrubs were severe. Future development of this stand appears to be toward an increasing dominance of sugar maple. Measured trees in plot (dbh in cm.): Acer saccharum (55,43), Prunus serotina (55), Fraxinus americana (43,42), Acer rubrum (45).

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-   37.5 % 7       -none- 2 Fraxinus americana Fraxinus americana **   Fraxinus americana **   Fraxinus americana **   Fraxinus americana **   Fraxinus americana **   Fraxinus americana **   Fraxinus americana **   Fraxinus americana **   -all-   17.5 % 6       -none- 3 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-   17.5 % 6       -none- 4 Acer pensylvanicum Acer pensylvanicum **   Acer pensylvanicum **   Acer pensylvanicum **   Acer pensylvanicum **   Acer pensylvanicum **   Acer pensylvanicum **   Acer pensylvanicum **   Acer pensylvanicum **   -all-   17.5 % 6       -none- 5 Acer rubrum Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   -all-   17.5 % 6       -none- 6 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- 7 Dryopteris intermedia Dryopteris intermedia **   Dryopteris intermedia **   Dryopteris intermedia **   Dryopteris intermedia **   Dryopteris intermedia **   Dryopteris intermedia **   Dryopteris intermedia **   Dryopteris intermedia **   -all-   7.5 % 5       -none- 8 Quercus rubra Quercus rubra **   Quercus rubra **   Quercus rubra **   Quercus rubra **   Quercus rubra **   Quercus rubra **   Quercus rubra **   Quercus rubra **   -all-   3.5 % 4       -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 Arisaema triphyllum Arisaema triphyllum **   Arisaema triphyllum **   Arisaema triphyllum **   Arisaema triphyllum **   Arisaema triphyllum **   Arisaema triphyllum **   Arisaema triphyllum **   Arisaema triphyllum **   -all-   3.5 % 4       -none- 11 Dennstaedtia punctilobula Dennstaedtia punctilobula **   Dennstaedtia punctilobula **   Dennstaedtia punctilobula **   Dennstaedtia punctilobula **   Dennstaedtia punctilobula **   Dennstaedtia punctilobula **   Dennstaedtia punctilobula **   Dennstaedtia punctilobula **   -all-   3.5 % 4       -none- 12 Carex leptonervia Carex leptonervia **   Carex leptonervia **   Carex leptonervia **   Carex leptonervia **   Carex leptonervia **   Carex leptonervia **   Carex leptonervia **   Carex leptonervia **   -all-   1.5 % 3       -none- 13 Carex digitalis Carex digitalis **   Carex digitalis **   Carex digitalis **   Carex digitalis **   Carex digitalis **   Carex digitalis **   Carex digitalis **   Carex digitalis **   -all-   1.5 % 3       -none- 14 Poa alsodes Poa alsodes **   Poa alsodes **   Poa alsodes **   Poa alsodes **   Poa alsodes **   Poa alsodes **   Poa alsodes **   Poa alsodes **   -all-   1.5 % 3       -none- 15 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- 16 Viola sororia Viola sororia **   Viola sororia **   Viola sororia **   Viola sororia **   Viola sororia **   Viola sororia **   Viola sororia **   Viola sororia **   -all-   1.5 % 3       -none- 17 Stellaria pubera Stellaria pubera **   Stellaria pubera **   Stellaria pubera **   Stellaria pubera **   Stellaria pubera **   Stellaria pubera **   Stellaria pubera **   Stellaria pubera **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 18 Botrypus virginianus Botrypus virginianus **   Botrypus virginianus **   Botrypus virginianus **   Botrypus virginianus **   Botrypus virginianus **   Botrypus virginianus **   Botrypus virginianus **   Botrypus virginianus **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 19 Prosartes lanuginosa Prosartes lanuginosa **   Prosartes lanuginosa **   Prosartes lanuginosa **   Prosartes lanuginosa **   Prosartes lanuginosa **   Prosartes lanuginosa **   Prosartes lanuginosa **   Prosartes lanuginosa **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 20 Brachyelytrum aristosum Brachyelytrum aristosum **   Brachyelytrum aristosum **   Brachyelytrum aristosum **   Brachyelytrum aristosum **   Brachyelytrum aristosum **   Brachyelytrum aristosum **   Brachyelytrum aristosum **   Brachyelytrum aristosum **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 21 Carex hitchcockiana Carex hitchcockiana **   Carex hitchcockiana **   Carex hitchcockiana **   Carex hitchcockiana **   Carex hitchcockiana **   Carex hitchcockiana **   Carex hitchcockiana **   Carex hitchcockiana **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 22 Rubus flagellaris Rubus flagellaris **   Rubus flagellaris **   Rubus flagellaris **   Rubus flagellaris **   Rubus flagellaris **   Rubus flagellaris **   Rubus flagellaris **   Rubus flagellaris **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 23 Carex appalachica Carex appalachica **   Carex appalachica **   Carex appalachica **   Carex appalachica **   Carex appalachica **   Carex appalachica **   Carex appalachica **   Carex appalachica **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 24 Carex flexuosa Carex flexuosa **   Carex flexuosa **   Carex flexuosa **   Carex flexuosa **   Carex flexuosa **   Carex flexuosa **   Carex flexuosa **   Carex flexuosa **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 25 Galium triflorum Galium triflorum **   Galium triflorum **   Galium triflorum **   Galium triflorum **   Galium triflorum **   Galium triflorum **   Galium triflorum **   Galium triflorum **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 26 Viola rotundifolia Viola rotundifolia **   Viola rotundifolia **   Viola rotundifolia **   Viola rotundifolia **   Viola rotundifolia **   Viola rotundifolia **   Viola rotundifolia **   Viola rotundifolia **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 27 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- 28 Polystichum acrostichoides Polystichum acrostichoides **   Polystichum acrostichoides **   Polystichum acrostichoides **   Polystichum acrostichoides **   Polystichum acrostichoides **   Polystichum acrostichoides **   Polystichum acrostichoides **   Polystichum acrostichoides **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 29 Maianthemum canadense Maianthemum canadense **   Maianthemum canadense **   Maianthemum canadense **   Maianthemum canadense **   Maianthemum canadense **   Maianthemum canadense **   Maianthemum canadense **   Maianthemum canadense **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 30 Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum **   Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum **   Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum **   Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum **   Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum **   Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum **   Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum **   Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 31 Festuca subverticillata Festuca subverticillata **   Festuca subverticillata **   Festuca subverticillata **   Festuca subverticillata **   Festuca subverticillata **   Festuca subverticillata **   Festuca subverticillata **   Festuca subverticillata **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 32 Athyrium asplenioides Athyrium asplenioides **   Athyrium asplenioides **   Athyrium asplenioides **   Athyrium asplenioides **   Athyrium asplenioides **   Athyrium asplenioides **   Athyrium asplenioides **   Athyrium asplenioides **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 33 Magnolia acuminata Magnolia acuminata **   Magnolia acuminata **   Magnolia acuminata **   Magnolia acuminata **   Magnolia acuminata **   Magnolia acuminata **   Magnolia acuminata **   Magnolia acuminata **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none-
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