Park at Walton R.S. and take Scalplock Trail toward lookout at 3rd switchback and then bushwack on contour at 4800 ft to NW, across creek and to lightly treed slope.
Fair amount of exposed substrate with soil predominant; steep slope may have lost soil mantle with major standing; replacing fire; there followed a lesser fire locally contained that did not kill all older tree.
Representativeness
Very representative of open early seral condition with a few larger trees (PSEMEN) scattered over th
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
Tree age PSME: 18"-45', 44bh. (+5 or 6 to bh); fire scar dated at 16 or 17 years bp from ring structure; the habitat type is probably ABILAS / XERTEN but will only very slowly go to XERTEN and ABILAS with gradual thickening of the tree canopy cover; as a
