085-JCNF-0015
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Plot ID Fields:
Author Plot Code	085-JCNF-0015
Author Observation Code	085-JCNF-0015
Location Fields:	MAP: Google | Yahoo | TopoZone | MapQuest
Confidentiality Status	100 km radius (nearest degree)
Latitude	37 º
Longitude	-83 º
State or Province	Virginia
Named Places	county: Scott region|state|province: Virginia
Layout Fields:
DSG Polygon	11.28 m radius
Area	400 m²
Permanence	not permanent
Environment Fields:
Elevation	928 m
Slope Aspect	181 º
Slope Gradient	10 º
Topographic Position	upper slope
Hydrologic Regime	terrestrial (upland)
Soil Moisture Regime	submesic
Soil Drainage	well drained
Methods Fields:
Observation Start Date	22-Apr-1995
Observation End Date	22-Apr-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:
Tree Cover	70 %
Shrub Cover	50 %
Field Cover	15 %
Nonvascular Cover	1 %
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative	An oligotrophic to weakly submesotrophic, Quercus montana dominated old growth forest, on mostly gentle top moderate slopes, and generally mesic, on sandy loam soils with prevailingly S to SE aspects. Old age Q. alba are scattered throughout, and Castanea dentata was formerly codominant in most of the area, so that old age trees are spaced 2-3 trees per 0.1 ha (8-12 per ac) now. The community is a mosaic of areas with dense Rhododendron maximum and Kalmia latifolia cover and more open areas (e.g. where this plot is). Q. velutina, Q. coccinea, Nyssa sylvatica, Acer rubrum and Oxydendrum arboreum are ubiquitous and with Q. montana are important in the younger tree cohorts. This community is very similar to mesic but nutrient-poor forests found to the north in the Virginia mountains, but are possibly distinguished from those by the presence and importance of Magnolia fraseri, Vaccinium simulatum and Rhododendron cumberlandense. Cover estimated as if leaves were fully expanded. For sizes of representative trees, see Tree Age Data. Plot center is on 7-ft tall Quercus montana ca. 20 ft NW of ca. 24-in dbh Q. montana which leans WSW.

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 Quercus montana Quercus montana **   Quercus montana **   Quercus montana **   Quercus montana **   Quercus montana **   Quercus montana **   Quercus montana **   Quercus montana **   -all-   37.5 % 7       -none- 2 Vaccinium simulatum Vaccinium simulatum **   Vaccinium simulatum **   Vaccinium simulatum **   Vaccinium simulatum **   Vaccinium simulatum **   Vaccinium simulatum **   Vaccinium simulatum **   Vaccinium simulatum **   -all-   37.5 % 7       -none- 3 Nyssa sylvatica Nyssa sylvatica **   Nyssa sylvatica **   Nyssa sylvatica **   Nyssa sylvatica **   Nyssa sylvatica **   Nyssa sylvatica **   Nyssa sylvatica **   Nyssa sylvatica **   -all-   17.5 % 6       -none- 4 Castanea dentata Castanea dentata **   Castanea dentata **   Castanea dentata **   Castanea dentata **   Castanea dentata **   Castanea dentata **   Castanea dentata **   Castanea dentata **   -all-   17.5 % 6       -none- 5 Galax urceolata Galax urceolata **   Galax urceolata **   Galax urceolata **   Galax urceolata **   Galax urceolata **   Galax urceolata **   Galax urceolata **   Galax urceolata **   -all-   7.5 % 5       -none- 6 Oxydendrum arboreum Oxydendrum arboreum **   Oxydendrum arboreum **   Oxydendrum arboreum **   Oxydendrum arboreum **   Oxydendrum arboreum **   Oxydendrum arboreum **   Oxydendrum arboreum **   Oxydendrum arboreum **   -all-   7.5 % 5       -none- 7 Smilax rotundifolia Smilax rotundifolia **   Smilax rotundifolia **   Smilax rotundifolia **   Smilax rotundifolia **   Smilax rotundifolia **   Smilax rotundifolia **   Smilax rotundifolia **   Smilax rotundifolia **   -all-   3.5 % 4       -none- 8 Acer rubrum Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   -all-   3.5 % 4       -none- 9 Amelanchier arborea Amelanchier arborea **   Amelanchier arborea **   Amelanchier arborea **   Amelanchier arborea **   Amelanchier arborea **   Amelanchier arborea **   Amelanchier arborea **   Amelanchier arborea **   -all-   3.5 % 4       -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 Rhododendron cumberlandense Rhododendron cumberlandense **   Rhododendron cumberlandense **   Rhododendron cumberlandense **   Rhododendron cumberlandense **   Rhododendron cumberlandense **   Rhododendron cumberlandense **   Rhododendron cumberlandense **   Rhododendron cumberlandense **   -all-   1.5 % 3       -none- 12 Kalmia latifolia Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   -all-   1.5 % 3       -none- 13 Quercus coccinea Quercus coccinea **   Quercus coccinea **   Quercus coccinea **   Quercus coccinea **   Quercus coccinea **   Quercus coccinea **   Quercus coccinea **   Quercus coccinea **   -all-   1.5 % 3       -none- 14 Quercus alba Quercus alba **   Quercus alba **   Quercus alba **   Quercus alba **   Quercus alba **   Quercus alba **   Quercus alba **   Quercus alba **   -all-   1.5 % 3       -none- 15 Sassafras albidum Sassafras albidum **   Sassafras albidum **   Sassafras albidum **   Sassafras albidum **   Sassafras albidum **   Sassafras albidum **   Sassafras albidum **   Sassafras albidum **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 16 Rhododendron sp. Rhododendron sp. **   Rhododendron sp. **   Rhododendron sp. **   Rhododendron sp. **   Rhododendron sp. **   Rhododendron sp. **   Rhododendron sp. **   Rhododendron sp. **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 17 Conopholis americana Conopholis americana **   Conopholis americana **   Conopholis americana **   Conopholis americana **   Conopholis americana **   Conopholis americana **   Conopholis americana **   Conopholis americana **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 18 Magnolia fraseri Magnolia fraseri **   Magnolia fraseri **   Magnolia fraseri **   Magnolia fraseri **   Magnolia fraseri **   Magnolia fraseri **   Magnolia fraseri **   Magnolia fraseri **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 19 Monotropa uniflora Monotropa uniflora **   Monotropa uniflora **   Monotropa uniflora **   Monotropa uniflora **   Monotropa uniflora **   Monotropa uniflora **   Monotropa uniflora **   Monotropa uniflora **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 20 Rhododendron maximum Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   Rhododendron maximum **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 21 Quercus rubra Quercus rubra **   Quercus rubra **   Quercus rubra **   Quercus rubra **   Quercus rubra **   Quercus rubra **   Quercus rubra **   Quercus rubra **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 22 Aureolaria sp. Aureolaria sp. **   Aureolaria sp. **   Aureolaria sp. **   Aureolaria sp. **   Aureolaria sp. **   Aureolaria sp. **   Aureolaria sp. **   Aureolaria sp. **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 23 Epigaea repens Epigaea repens **   Epigaea repens **   Epigaea repens **   Epigaea repens **   Epigaea repens **   Epigaea repens **   Epigaea repens **   Epigaea repens **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 24 Robinia pseudoacacia Robinia pseudoacacia **   Robinia pseudoacacia **   Robinia pseudoacacia **   Robinia pseudoacacia **   Robinia pseudoacacia **   Robinia pseudoacacia **   Robinia pseudoacacia **   Robinia pseudoacacia **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 25 Chimaphila maculata Chimaphila maculata **   Chimaphila maculata **   Chimaphila maculata **   Chimaphila maculata **   Chimaphila maculata **   Chimaphila maculata **   Chimaphila maculata **   Chimaphila maculata **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 26 Cypripedium acaule Cypripedium acaule **   Cypripedium acaule **   Cypripedium acaule **   Cypripedium acaule **   Cypripedium acaule **   Cypripedium acaule **   Cypripedium acaule **   Cypripedium acaule **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 27 Gentiana decora Gentiana decora **   Gentiana decora **   Gentiana decora **   Gentiana decora **   Gentiana decora **   Gentiana decora **   Gentiana decora **   Gentiana decora **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 28 Goodyera pubescens Goodyera pubescens **   Goodyera pubescens **   Goodyera pubescens **   Goodyera pubescens **   Goodyera pubescens **   Goodyera pubescens **   Goodyera pubescens **   Goodyera pubescens **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 29 Viola hastata Viola hastata **   Viola hastata **   Viola hastata **   Viola hastata **   Viola hastata **   Viola hastata **   Viola hastata **   Viola hastata **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 30 Vaccinium pallidum Vaccinium pallidum **   Vaccinium pallidum **   Vaccinium pallidum **   Vaccinium pallidum **   Vaccinium pallidum **   Vaccinium pallidum **   Vaccinium pallidum **   Vaccinium pallidum **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none-
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