Site Moss Plot Cerat- odon Hylo- comium Pleuro- zium Rhy- tidium Aula- comnium Poly- ctrichum Dicr- anum Total Moss Lichen Bare/ Wood/ Litter Total % Cover Processing Notes DFCB 40m S 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 96 100 DFCB 60m S 0 0 0 0 0 0 <1 0 0 99 99 DFCB 80m S 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 100 DFCB 100m S 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 99 100 DFCB 120m S 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 12 0 88 100 DFCB 140m S 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 100 DFCB 160m S 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 72 26 100 DFCB 180m S 0 0 0 0 0 5 <1 5 0 95 100 DFCB 200m S 0 0 0 0 0 2 <1 2 0 97 99 DFCB 220m S "Did not process - don't feel confident with this plot. The soil is dark & its difficult to determine where firemoss is. Also, a portion of the plot is blocked by trees." DFCB 240m S 0 0 0 0 0 28 0 28 0 72 100 DFCB 260m S 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 98 100 DFCB 280m S 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 6 5 89 100 DFCB 300m S 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 95 100 DF94 10m S 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 74 19 7 100 "Although this plot didn't have q-tips, the dead wood was easy to quantify and the rest was a Ceratodon/lichen mix. From the picture estimated 80% moss, 20% lichen" DF94 20m S 80 0 0 0 0 4 0 84 0 16 100 "No q-tips, but dead wood provided boundaries" DF94 30m S 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 67 17 16 100 "No q-tips, but the dead wood was easy to quantify and the rest was Ceratodon/lichen mix. Assumed 80% moss from the picture." DF94 40m S 70 0 0 0 0 16 0 86 0 14 100 Assumed the two Polytrichum/Ceratodon mixes were 50/50. Assumed the Ceratodon/grass mix was 80% moss. DF94 50m S 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 73 0 27 100 DF94 10m W 21 0 0 0 0 5 23 49 0 52 101 "Do not feel very confident with this plot. Estimated a Ceratodon/Dicranum/Polytrichum mix as 45/45/10. However, this makes the cover value for Ceratodon drastically lower than the field estimate." DF94 20m W 32 0 0 0 0 32 0 64 0 36 100 "No q-tips. Bare area and dead wood were easy to quantify. The rest is a Ceratodon/Polytrichum mix, feel confident about the 50/50 estimate of the two moss types." DF94 30m W 29 0 0 0 0 38 29 96 0 4 100 No q-tips. Polytrichum was easy to quantify. Not as confident with the Ceratodon/Dicranum mix. Estimated 50/50 but that makes the Arc view estimates very different from the field estimates. DF94 40m W 37 0 0 0 0 0 37 74 0 25 99 No q-tips. Dead wood was easy to quantify. Not confident with the Ceratodon/Dicranum mix. Estimated 50/50 but that makes the Arc view estimates very different from the field estimates. DF94 50m W 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 99 0 1 100 "No q-tips. Wood was easy to quantify. The rest of the plot was defined as ""Ceratodon covering all with Dicranum on top"" and ""aspen litter 40%"". Assumed Ceratodon covering 99% since notes say ""covering all""." DF56 10m N 0 15 0 10 49 7 8 89 12 0 101 This plot was straight forward except one mix: a Hylocomium/Dicranum/Aulacomnium/Polytrichum/Rhytidium mix! This mix is 35% of total plot. Assumed equal distribution among moss types for this mix. ArcView values seem consistent with field estimates except for Polytrichum. Feel confident leaving this plot in. DF56 20m N 0 0 0 0 93 0 0 93 0 7 100 DF56 30m N 0 0 0 0 94 3 0 97 0 3 100 DF56 40m N 0 5 0 0 92 3 0 100 0 0 100 DF56 50m N 0 39 0 0 61 0 0 100 0 0 100 This site has two species of Aulacomnium listed. The value under Aulacomnium is for both types. DF56 10m W Did not process - can't see q-tips DF56 20m W 0 21 0 0 6 0 0 27 0 72 99 DF56 30m W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 100 "No q-tips, but ok to process since there are only two insignificant amounts of an unknown moss." DF56 40m W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 100 "No q-tips, but ok to process since there are only two insignificant amounts of an unknown moss." DF56 45m W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 100 DFCC 10m N 0 89 0 0 9 0 2 100 0 0 100 DFCC 20m N 0 60 0 0 24 16 0 100 0 0 100 DFCC 30m N 0 48 0 19 36 0 0 103 0 0 103 "Total cover does not add to 100% since a mix of Rhytidium/Aulacomnium/Hylocomium was defined on the notes as 80/20/10, which does not equal 100%." DFCC 40m N 0 21 0 0 51 2 0 74 12 15 101 "Hylocomium/Polytrichum mix, 16% of plot, estimated as 90/10. Feel confident about this estimate since Polytrichum is easy to distinguish from Hylocomium by it's greenness." DFCC 50m N 0 86 0 0 3 0 4 93 7 0 100 Straight forward except one Aulacomnium/Hylocomium mix. Assumed it was 50/50. Feel comfortable with this since the mix is only 6% of plot. DFCC 0m E 0 19 0 2 2 1 1 25 72 3 100 Two mixes of Hylocomium/Polytrichum estimated as 90/10. Feel confident with this estimate since Polytrichum easy to distinguish by it's greenness. Aulacomnium/Rhytidium mix estimated as 50/50. DFCC 10m E 0 16 0 5 79 0 0 100 0 0 100 "One mix, Hylocomium/Aulacomnium assumed 90/10 since the notes said it was mostly Hylocomium. Feel confident about this estimate since the mix is only 7% of plot." DFCC 20m E Did not process - bad picture with large tree in the way and two corners of the plot missing in the photo. DFCC 30m E 0 0 70 0 0 22 1 93 0 7 100 "Large space on drawing is unlabeled. Assumed to be Pleurozium since field notes states there should be 90% Pleurozium, but before I include the unlabeled space Pleurozium is at 0%." DFCC 40m E 0 67 0 9 1 22 0 99 0 0 99 DFTB 15m S 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 99 100 DFTB 35m S 1 0 0 0 0 <1 1 2 0 98 100 DFTB 55m S 0 0 0 0 0 <1 0 0 0 100 100 DFTB 75m S 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 98 100 Patchy moss - its difficult to determine where the moss is. DFTB 95m S <1 0 0 0 0 0 <1 0 0 100 100 DFTB 120m S 0 0 0 0 0 <1 0 0 0 100 100 DFTB 140m S 1 0 0 0 0 <1 1 2 0 98 100 DFTB 160m S 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 12 0 88 100 DFTB 180m S 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 100 DFTB 200m S 4 0 0 0 0 <1 4 8 0 92 100 DFTB 220m S 12 0 0 0 0 <1 12 24 0 76 100 DFTB 240m S 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 96 100 DFTB 260m S 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 20 0 80 100 May be underestimating moss. DFTB 280m S 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 98 100 DFTB 300m S 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 98 100 DF87 10m S 48 0 0 0 0 48 0 96 0 5 101 No q-tips. Able to quantify wood but had to estimate Polytrichum/Ceratodon at 50/50 for the rest of plot. DF87 20m S 14 0 0 0 0 14 0 28 0 72 100 Estimated Polytrichum/Ceratodon mix at 50/50 DF87 30m S Did not process - no q-tips. DF87 40m S 47 0 0 0 0 25 0 72 0 28 100 Unlabeled area on field notes assumed to be Ceratodon based on field estimate values. DF87 50m S 22 0 0 0 0 3 0 25 0 75 100 DF87 10m W 25 0 0 0 0 25 0 50 23 27 100 Polytrichum/Ceratodon/lichen mix estimated at 34/34/32. DF87 20m W 8 0 0 0 0 46 0 54 26 20 100 Estimated Polytrichum/lichen and Ceratodon/lichen mixes to be 50/50. DF87 30m W 38 0 0 0 0 22 0 60 0 40 100 Estimated Ceratodon/litter mix as 50/50 and a Polytrichum/Ceratodon mix as 50/50. DF87 40m W 27 0 0 0 0 26 0 53 6 41 100 Estimated mix of live and dead Polytrichum as 50/50. DF87 50m W 0 0 0 0 0 77 0 77 0 23 100 DFTC 20m N 0 85 0 0 0 0 3 88 11 0 99 Assumed Hylocomium/lichen mix was all Hylocomium since the picture showed little lichen. DFTC 40m N 0 6 0 6 0 71 1 84 16 0 100 Low confidence in these values since the remainder of the 100% is Polytrichum acceding to the field notes but the picture and estimated field % show different values. DFTC 60m N 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 23 28 49 100 DFTC 80m N 0 52 0 31 0 0 0 83 0 17 100 DFTC 100m N 0 39 20 0 0 0 21 80 20 0 100 Low confidence in these values since one mix of Hylocomium/lichen/Pleurozium/Dicranum estimated to be equally dispersed - this yields values vastly different from field estimates. DFTC 40m S 0 31 0 0 0 0 1 32 68 0 100 DFTC 60m S 0 46 0 1 0 0 1 48 51 0 99 Unlabeled area assumed to be Hylocomium based on picture. DFTC 80m S 0 79 0 5 0 0 0 84 16 0 100 Assumed Hylocomium/lichen mix was all Hylocomium since the picture showed little lichen. DFTC 100m S 0 97 0 0 0 0 3 100 0 0 100 Assumed Hylocomium/lichen mix was all Hylocomium since the picture showed little lichen. DFTC 110m S 0 52 0 0 0 0 1 53 47 0 100