North Side Dr. to the wood post with etching of Half Dome that says "V9", just north of El Capitan Meadow. Walk across the road onto El Capitan median moraine. The plot center is within 70 m of the road.
The plot is open and "park-like" with many healthy, old ponderosa pines and black oaks. controlled burns have been through here fairly recently and adjacent sections of the El Capitan moraine N of the Merced R. are more open and dominated by bracken fern -- Total Veg. Cover: 5 / 70%;
Total Non-native cover: 0;
Ht. To Base:
T1 - 08 (Pinus ponderosa, Calocedrus decurrens)
T2 - 05 (Pinus ponderosa, Calocedrus decurrens, Quercus kelloggii)
T3 - Pinus ponderosa, Calocedrus decurrens, Pinus lambertiana)
Representativeness
Sampling not based upon BPU delineation or photo interpretation. This plot represents well the vege
Overall Taxon Cover Values are Automatically Calculated?
yes
Stem Sample Method
full census
Plot Quality Fields:
Effort Level
Thorough
Plot Validation Level
(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
Floristic Quality
High but incomplete
Bryophyte Quality
Very incomplete
Lichen Quality
Very incomplete
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
--no data--
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
The plot was a circle and was marked and georeferenced at plot center. A way point of desirable accuracy was never obtained. The plot was convex on top of a narrow moraine, therefore two opposing aspects were involved.
Prescribed fire and woodcutting that was probably related to the fire have been factors in the structure and composition of vegetation on this plot.
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