085-TURK-0028
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Plot ID Fields:
Author Plot Code	085-TURK-0028
Author Observation Code	085-TURK-0028
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Location Accuracy	25 m
Confidentiality Status	100 km radius (nearest degree)
Latitude	39 º
Longitude	-77 º
State or Province	Virginia
Named Places	county: Fairfax county: Fairfax region|state|province: Virginia
Layout Fields:
DSG Polygon	16 X 25 m
Area	400 m²
Permanence	not permanent
Environment Fields:
Elevation	60 m
Slope Aspect	272 º
Slope Gradient	9 º
Topographic Position	upper slope
Landform	rolling/dissected upland
Hydrologic Regime	terrestrial (upland)
Soil Moisture Regime	somewhat xeric
Soil Drainage	well drained
Methods Fields:
Observation Start Date	29-Jul-2003
Observation End Date	29-Jul-2003
Project	Virginia Heritage
Cover Method	Carolina Vegetation Survey
Stratum Method	No Strata
Stem Size Limit	2.5 cm
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
Stem Observation Area	400 m²
Plot Quality Fields:
Plot Validation Level	(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
Tree Height	28 m
Shrub Height	5 m
Field Height	5 m
Tree Cover	90 %
Shrub Cover	30 %
Field Cover	15 %
Nonvascular Cover	1 %
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative	Plot captures a dry oak-hickory-beech forest on a convex, upper ravine slope. Quartz fragments are common on the soil surface here. Quercus coccinea, Quercus alba, Carya alba, and Carya glabra constitute most of the overstory. Acer rubrum dominates the understory with Fagus grandifolia, which has also reached the overstory. The lack of oak and hickory recruitment and the abundance of Acer rubrum and Fagus in the understory suggest a response to fire exclusion and a successional shift to more mesophytic forest.

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 rubrum Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   Acer rubrum **   -all-   62.5 % 8       DBH DBH err Ht. Ht. Err # 3.75 cm ± 1.25 cm     1 stem(s) 7.5 cm ± 2.5 cm     4 stem(s) 12.5 cm ± 2.5 cm     5 stem(s) 32.5 cm ± 2.5 cm     1 stem(s) 2 Fagus grandifolia Fagus grandifolia **   Fagus grandifolia **   Fagus grandifolia **   Fagus grandifolia **   Fagus grandifolia **   Fagus grandifolia **   Fagus grandifolia **   Fagus grandifolia **   -all-   62.5 % 8       DBH DBH err Ht. Ht. Err # 3.75 cm ± 1.25 cm     5 stem(s) 7.5 cm ± 2.5 cm     2 stem(s) 12.5 cm ± 2.5 cm     1 stem(s) 17.5 cm ± 2.5 cm     1 stem(s) 44.5 cm ± 0.5 cm     1 stem(s) 3 Quercus coccinea Quercus coccinea **   Quercus coccinea **   Quercus coccinea **   Quercus coccinea **   Quercus coccinea **   Quercus coccinea **   Quercus coccinea **   Quercus coccinea **   -all-   37.5 % 7       DBH DBH err Ht. Ht. Err # 44.5 cm ± 0.5 cm     1 stem(s) 66.5 cm ± 0.5 cm     1 stem(s) 4 Carya tomentosa Carya tomentosa **   Carya tomentosa **   Carya tomentosa **   Carya tomentosa **   Carya tomentosa **   Carya tomentosa **   Carya tomentosa **   Carya tomentosa **   -all-   17.5 % 6       DBH DBH err Ht. Ht. Err # 37.5 cm ± 2.5 cm     1 stem(s) 43.5 cm ± 0.5 cm     1 stem(s) 5 Quercus alba Quercus alba **   Quercus alba **   Quercus alba **   Quercus alba **   Quercus alba **   Quercus alba **   Quercus alba **   Quercus alba **   -all-   17.5 % 6       DBH DBH err Ht. Ht. Err # 51.5 cm ± 0.5 cm     1 stem(s) 6 Liriodendron tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera **   Liriodendron tulipifera **   Liriodendron tulipifera **   Liriodendron tulipifera **   Liriodendron tulipifera **   Liriodendron tulipifera **   Liriodendron tulipifera **   Liriodendron tulipifera **   -all-   17.5 % 6       DBH DBH err Ht. Ht. Err # 12.5 cm ± 2.5 cm     1 stem(s) 17.5 cm ± 2.5 cm     1 stem(s) 27.5 cm ± 2.5 cm     1 stem(s) 41.5 cm ± 0.5 cm     1 stem(s) 7 Vaccinium pallidum Vaccinium pallidum **   Vaccinium pallidum **   Vaccinium pallidum **   Vaccinium pallidum **   Vaccinium pallidum **   Vaccinium pallidum **   Vaccinium pallidum **   Vaccinium pallidum **   -all-   7.5 % 5       -none- 8 Carya glabra Carya glabra **   Carya glabra **   Carya glabra **   Carya glabra **   Carya glabra **   Carya glabra **   Carya glabra **   Carya glabra **   -all-   7.5 % 5       DBH DBH err Ht. Ht. Err # 32.5 cm ± 2.5 cm     1 stem(s) 9 Quercus velutina Quercus velutina **   Quercus velutina **   Quercus velutina **   Quercus velutina **   Quercus velutina **   Quercus velutina **   Quercus velutina **   Quercus velutina **   -all-   3.5 % 4       DBH DBH err Ht. Ht. Err # 32.5 cm ± 2.5 cm     1 stem(s) 10 Viburnum acerifolium Viburnum acerifolium **   Viburnum acerifolium **   Viburnum acerifolium **   Viburnum acerifolium **   Viburnum acerifolium **   Viburnum acerifolium **   Viburnum acerifolium **   Viburnum acerifolium **   -all-   1.5 % 3       -none- 11 Rhododendron periclymenoides Rhododendron periclymenoides **   Rhododendron periclymenoides **   Rhododendron periclymenoides **   Rhododendron periclymenoides **   Rhododendron periclymenoides **   Rhododendron periclymenoides **   Rhododendron periclymenoides **   Rhododendron periclymenoides **   -all-   1.5 % 3       -none- 12 Hylodesmum nudiflorum Hylodesmum nudiflorum **   Hylodesmum nudiflorum **   Hylodesmum nudiflorum **   Hylodesmum nudiflorum **   Hylodesmum nudiflorum **   Hylodesmum nudiflorum **   Hylodesmum nudiflorum **   Hylodesmum nudiflorum **   -all-   1.5 % 3       -none- 13 Carex nigromarginata Carex nigromarginata **   Carex nigromarginata **   Carex nigromarginata **   Carex nigromarginata **   Carex nigromarginata **   Carex nigromarginata **   Carex nigromarginata **   Carex nigromarginata **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 14 Carex albicans Carex albicans **   Carex albicans **   Carex albicans **   Carex albicans **   Carex albicans **   Carex albicans **   Carex albicans **   Carex albicans **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 15 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-   0.505 % 2       -none- 16 Eurybia divaricata Eurybia divaricata **   Eurybia divaricata **   Eurybia divaricata **   Eurybia divaricata **   Eurybia divaricata **   Eurybia divaricata **   Eurybia divaricata **   Eurybia divaricata **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 17 Nyssa sylvatica Nyssa sylvatica **   Nyssa sylvatica **   Nyssa sylvatica **   Nyssa sylvatica **   Nyssa sylvatica **   Nyssa sylvatica **   Nyssa sylvatica **   Nyssa sylvatica **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 18 Symphyotrichum lateriflorum Symphyotrichum lateriflorum **   Symphyotrichum lateriflorum **   Symphyotrichum lateriflorum **   Symphyotrichum lateriflorum **   Symphyotrichum lateriflorum **   Symphyotrichum lateriflorum **   Symphyotrichum lateriflorum **   Symphyotrichum lateriflorum **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 19 Fraxinus americana Fraxinus americana **   Fraxinus americana **   Fraxinus americana **   Fraxinus americana **   Fraxinus americana **   Fraxinus americana **   Fraxinus americana **   Fraxinus americana **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 20 Dioscorea quaternata Dioscorea quaternata **   Dioscorea quaternata **   Dioscorea quaternata **   Dioscorea quaternata **   Dioscorea quaternata **   Dioscorea quaternata **   Dioscorea quaternata **   Dioscorea quaternata **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 21 Carex virescens Carex virescens **   Carex virescens **   Carex virescens **   Carex virescens **   Carex virescens **   Carex virescens **   Carex virescens **   Carex virescens **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 22 Stellaria pubera Stellaria pubera **   Stellaria pubera **   Stellaria pubera **   Stellaria pubera **   Stellaria pubera **   Stellaria pubera **   Stellaria pubera **   Stellaria pubera **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 23 Conopholis americana Conopholis americana **   Conopholis americana **   Conopholis americana **   Conopholis americana **   Conopholis americana **   Conopholis americana **   Conopholis americana **   Conopholis americana **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 24 Luzula echinata Luzula echinata **   Luzula echinata **   Luzula echinata **   Luzula echinata **   Luzula echinata **   Luzula echinata **   Luzula echinata **   Luzula echinata **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 25 Mitchella repens Mitchella repens **   Mitchella repens **   Mitchella repens **   Mitchella repens **   Mitchella repens **   Mitchella repens **   Mitchella repens **   Mitchella repens **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 26 Polystichum acrostichoides Polystichum acrostichoides **   Polystichum acrostichoides **   Polystichum acrostichoides **   Polystichum acrostichoides **   Polystichum acrostichoides **   Polystichum acrostichoides **   Polystichum acrostichoides **   Polystichum acrostichoides **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 27 Pteridium aquilinum ssp. latiusculum Pteridium aquilinum ssp. latiusculum **   Pteridium aquilinum ssp. latiusculum **   Pteridium aquilinum ssp. latiusculum **   Pteridium aquilinum ssp. latiusculum **   Pteridium aquilinum ssp. latiusculum **   Pteridium aquilinum ssp. latiusculum **   Pteridium aquilinum ssp. latiusculum **   Pteridium aquilinum ssp. latiusculum **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 28 Uvularia perfoliata Uvularia perfoliata **   Uvularia perfoliata **   Uvularia perfoliata **   Uvularia perfoliata **   Uvularia perfoliata **   Uvularia perfoliata **   Uvularia perfoliata **   Uvularia perfoliata **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 29 Amelanchier arborea Amelanchier arborea **   Amelanchier arborea **   Amelanchier arborea **   Amelanchier arborea **   Amelanchier arborea **   Amelanchier arborea **   Amelanchier arborea **   Amelanchier arborea **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 30 Carex digitalis Carex digitalis **   Carex digitalis **   Carex digitalis **   Carex digitalis **   Carex digitalis **   Carex digitalis **   Carex digitalis **   Carex digitalis **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 31 Solidago caesia var. caesia Solidago caesia var. caesia **   Solidago caesia var. caesia **   Solidago caesia var. caesia **   Solidago caesia var. caesia **   Solidago caesia var. caesia **   Solidago caesia var. caesia **   Solidago caesia var. caesia **   Solidago caesia var. caesia **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 32 Agrostis perennans Agrostis perennans **   Agrostis perennans **   Agrostis perennans **   Agrostis perennans **   Agrostis perennans **   Agrostis perennans **   Agrostis perennans **   Agrostis perennans **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 33 Gaylussacia baccata Gaylussacia baccata **   Gaylussacia baccata **   Gaylussacia baccata **   Gaylussacia baccata **   Gaylussacia baccata **   Gaylussacia baccata **   Gaylussacia baccata **   Gaylussacia baccata **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 34 Cornus florida Cornus florida **   Cornus florida **   Cornus florida **   Cornus florida **   Cornus florida **   Cornus florida **   Cornus florida **   Cornus florida **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 35 Kalmia latifolia Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   Kalmia latifolia **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 36 Parthenocissus quinquefolia Parthenocissus quinquefolia **   Parthenocissus quinquefolia **   Parthenocissus quinquefolia **   Parthenocissus quinquefolia **   Parthenocissus quinquefolia **   Parthenocissus quinquefolia **   Parthenocissus quinquefolia **   Parthenocissus quinquefolia **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 37 Quercus montana Quercus montana **   Quercus montana **   Quercus montana **   Quercus montana **   Quercus montana **   Quercus montana **   Quercus montana **   Quercus montana **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 38 Polygonatum biflorum var. biflorum Polygonatum biflorum var. biflorum **   Polygonatum biflorum var. biflorum **   Polygonatum biflorum var. biflorum **   Polygonatum biflorum var. biflorum **   Polygonatum biflorum var. biflorum **   Polygonatum biflorum var. biflorum **   Polygonatum biflorum var. biflorum **   Polygonatum biflorum var. biflorum **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 39 Vaccinium stamineum Vaccinium stamineum **   Vaccinium stamineum **   Vaccinium stamineum **   Vaccinium stamineum **   Vaccinium stamineum **   Vaccinium stamineum **   Vaccinium stamineum **   Vaccinium stamineum **   -all-   0.505 % 2       -none- 40 Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum **   Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum **   Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum **   Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum **   Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum **   Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum **   Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum **   Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 41 Angelica venenosa Angelica venenosa **   Angelica venenosa **   Angelica venenosa **   Angelica venenosa **   Angelica venenosa **   Angelica venenosa **   Angelica venenosa **   Angelica venenosa **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 42 Desmodium paniculatum var. paniculatum Desmodium paniculatum var. paniculatum **   Desmodium paniculatum var. paniculatum **   Desmodium paniculatum var. paniculatum **   Desmodium paniculatum var. paniculatum **   Desmodium paniculatum var. paniculatum **   Desmodium paniculatum var. paniculatum **   Desmodium paniculatum var. paniculatum **   Desmodium paniculatum var. paniculatum **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 43 Ageratina altissima var. altissima Ageratina altissima var. altissima **   Ageratina altissima var. altissima **   Ageratina altissima var. altissima **   Ageratina altissima var. altissima **   Ageratina altissima var. altissima **   Ageratina altissima var. altissima **   Ageratina altissima var. altissima **   Ageratina altissima var. altissima **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 44 Epifagus virginiana Epifagus virginiana **   Epifagus virginiana **   Epifagus virginiana **   Epifagus virginiana **   Epifagus virginiana **   Epifagus virginiana **   Epifagus virginiana **   Epifagus virginiana **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 45 Houstonia purpurea var. purpurea Houstonia purpurea var. purpurea **   Houstonia purpurea var. purpurea **   Houstonia purpurea var. purpurea **   Houstonia purpurea var. purpurea **   Houstonia purpurea var. purpurea **   Houstonia purpurea var. purpurea **   Houstonia purpurea var. purpurea **   Houstonia purpurea var. purpurea **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 46 Persicaria perfoliata Persicaria perfoliata **   Persicaria perfoliata **   Persicaria perfoliata **   Persicaria perfoliata **   Persicaria perfoliata **   Persicaria perfoliata **   Persicaria perfoliata **   Persicaria perfoliata **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 47 Celastrus orbiculatus Celastrus orbiculatus **   Celastrus orbiculatus **   Celastrus orbiculatus **   Celastrus orbiculatus **   Celastrus orbiculatus **   Celastrus orbiculatus **   Celastrus orbiculatus **   Celastrus orbiculatus **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 48 Viburnum dilatatum Viburnum dilatatum **   Viburnum dilatatum **   Viburnum dilatatum **   Viburnum dilatatum **   Viburnum dilatatum **   Viburnum dilatatum **   Viburnum dilatatum **   Viburnum dilatatum **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 49 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-   0.05 % 1       -none- 50 Carya cordiformis Carya cordiformis **   Carya cordiformis **   Carya cordiformis **   Carya cordiformis **   Carya cordiformis **   Carya cordiformis **   Carya cordiformis **   Carya cordiformis **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 51 Carex laxiflora Carex laxiflora **   Carex laxiflora **   Carex laxiflora **   Carex laxiflora **   Carex laxiflora **   Carex laxiflora **   Carex laxiflora **   Carex laxiflora **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 52 Malus angustifolia Malus angustifolia **   Malus angustifolia **   Malus angustifolia **   Malus angustifolia **   Malus angustifolia **   Malus angustifolia **   Malus angustifolia **   Malus angustifolia **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 53 Vitis vulpina Vitis vulpina **   Vitis vulpina **   Vitis vulpina **   Vitis vulpina **   Vitis vulpina **   Vitis vulpina **   Vitis vulpina **   Vitis vulpina **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 54 Sassafras albidum Sassafras albidum **   Sassafras albidum **   Sassafras albidum **   Sassafras albidum **   Sassafras albidum **   Sassafras albidum **   Sassafras albidum **   Sassafras albidum **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none- 55 Rubus flagellaris Rubus flagellaris **   Rubus flagellaris **   Rubus flagellaris **   Rubus flagellaris **   Rubus flagellaris **   Rubus flagellaris **   Rubus flagellaris **   Rubus flagellaris **   -all-   0.05 % 1       -none-
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