Vascular Flora of the Fernow Experimental Forest and Adjacent Portions of the Otter Creek Wilderness Area Forest Service general technical rept

摘要

Field surveys of the vascular flora of the study area described in this report began during the summer of 1994 as part of a project that included establishing 105 permanent plots (each 0.1 ha) in relatively undisturbed forest communities throughout the Fernow Experimental Forest in Tucker County, West Virginia (Muzika et al. 1999). To increase the number of plots in forest types (those located at the highest elevations) poorly represented on the Fernow, the study area was extended to encompass portions of the Otter Creek Wilderness Area adjacent to the southern boundary of the Forest. These additional plots (11) were located on McGowan Mountain in northern Randolph County. Each plot was surveyed by walking through it several times and recording all species of vascular plants observed.