PINN.101
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Plot ID Fields:
Author Plot Code	PINN.101
Author Observation Code	PINN.101
Original Data Location	Pinnacles National Park, 5000 Highway 146, Paicines, CA
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Confidentiality Status	exact location
Latitude	36.5000358031518 º
Longitude	-121.20094035326 º
Author Location	Pinnacles Natl. Monument
Location Narrative	Site located off Old Pinn / Balconies Cave Trail. Site about 10 meters from creek and 20 meters from east side Balconies Cave entrance gate. Photo 1752 taken facing 135 degrees ~1 m from north edge. Photo 1753 taken from 10 m 45 degrees from north edge. Sedum spathulifolium / Rock plot. Northeast-facing plot with a slope of 73 degrees. Most of rock face covered with moss spp. and sedum. Very little exposed bedrock. Moss growing under sedum. Broken beer bottle and foot marks on rock up to plot. Rock wren calling.
State or Province	California
Country	United States
Named Places	region|state|province: California area|country|territory: United States
Layout Fields:
Shape	circle
Area	100 m²
Placement Method	Representative
Permanence	not permanent
Layout Narrative	circle, 5.6 m radius
Environment Fields:
Elevation	412 m
Slope Aspect	332 º
Slope Gradient	36 º
Topographic Position	Upper 1/3 of slope
Surficial Deposits	Breccia (volcanic)
Rock Type	Breccia (volcanic)
Landscape Narrative	Upland
Percent Bedrock	77 %
Percent Rock / Gravel	0 %
Percent Litter	21 %
Percent Bare Soil	1 %
Percent Water	0 %
Percent Other	1 %
Name Other	Living Stems
Methods Fields:
Observation Start Date	29-Mar-2004 ± exact
Date Accuracy	exact
Project	Pinnacles National Monument
Cover Method	Percentage (%)
Stratum Method	CA Native Plant Society (CNPS)
Method Narrative	The value for slope was changed from 73 to 36 degrees (as if recorded in percent slope)
Taxon Observation Area	100 m²
Cover Dispersion	Entire
Overall Taxon Cover Values are Automatically Calculated?	no
Stem Observation Area	100 m²
Plot Quality Fields:
Plot Validation Level	(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
Nonvascular Cover	70 %
Dominant Stratum	Herb
Misc Fields:
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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 Heteromeles arbutifolia Heteromeles arbutifolia (Lindl.) M. Roem. Heteromeles arbutifolia Heteromeles arbutifolia **   HEAR5 Heteromeles arbutifolia (Lindl.) M. Roem. Heteromeles arbutifolia Heteromeles arbutifolia **   HEAR5 Medium 1 %         -none- 2 Toxicodendron diversilobum Toxicodendron diversilobum (Torr. & A. Gray) Greene Toxicodendron diversilobum Toxicodendron diversilobum **   TODI Toxicodendron diversilobum (Torr. & A. Gray) Greene Toxicodendron diversilobum Toxicodendron diversilobum **   TODI Medium 0.5 %         -none- 3 Keckiella breviflora ssp. breviflora Keckiella breviflora (Lindl.) Straw ssp. breviflora Keckiella breviflora ssp. breviflora Keckiella breviflora ssp. breviflora **   KEBRB Keckiella breviflora (Lindl.) Straw ssp. breviflora Keckiella breviflora ssp. breviflora Keckiella breviflora ssp. breviflora **   KEBRB Medium 0.5 %         -none- 4 Prunus ilicifolia ssp. ilicifolia Prunus ilicifolia (Nutt. ex Hook. & Arn.) D. Dietr. ssp. ilicifolia Prunus ilicifolia ssp. ilicifolia Prunus ilicifolia ssp. ilicifolia **   PRILI Prunus ilicifolia (Nutt. ex Hook. & Arn.) D. Dietr. ssp. ilicifolia Prunus ilicifolia ssp. ilicifolia Prunus ilicifolia ssp. ilicifolia **   PRILI Medium 0.5 %         -none- 5 unknown Scrophulariaceae unknown Scrophulariaceae **   Scrophulariaceae unknown Scrophulariaceae **   unknown Scrophulariaceae **   unknown Scrophulariaceae **   Scrophulariaceae unknown Scrophulariaceae **   unknown Scrophulariaceae **   Medium 0.5 %         -none- 6 Moss Moss **   Bryophyta Mosses Moss **   Moss **   Bryophyta Mosses Moss **   Low 70 %         -none- 7 Sedum spathulifolium Sedum spathulifolium Hook. Sedum spathulifolium Sedum spathulifolium **   SESP Sedum spathulifolium Hook. Sedum spathulifolium Sedum spathulifolium **   SESP Low 45 %         -none- 8 Polypodium californicum Polypodium californicum Kaulf. Polypodium californicum Polypodium californicum **   POCA12 Polypodium californicum Kaulf. Polypodium californicum Polypodium californicum **   POCA12 Low 1 %         -none- 9 Marah fabaceus Marah fabaceus (Naud.) Naud. ex Greene Marah fabaceus Marah fabaceus **   MAFA3 Marah fabaceus (Naud.) Naud. ex Greene Marah fabaceus Marah fabaceus **   MAFA3 Low 0.5 %         -none- 10 Melica torreyana Melica torreyana Scribn. Melica torreyana Melica torreyana **   METO Melica torreyana Scribn. Melica torreyana Melica torreyana **   METO Low 0.5 %         -none- 11 Galium porrigens var. porrigens Galium porrigens Dempster var. porrigens Galium porrigens var. porrigens Galium porrigens var. porrigens **   GAPOP Galium porrigens Dempster var. porrigens Galium porrigens var. porrigens Galium porrigens var. porrigens **   GAPOP Low 0.5 %         -none- 12 Galium aparine Galium aparine L. Galium aparine Galium aparine **   GAAP2 Galium aparine L. Galium aparine Galium aparine **   GAAP2 Low 0.5 %         -none-
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Stratum Definitions:
Stratum Type Stratum Base Stratum Height Stratum Cover Low 0 m 0.5 m 97 % Medium 0.5 m 4 m 1 % Cover 1 m 2 m 1 % Cover 0.25 m 0.5 m 1 % Cover 0 m 0.25 m 45 % Tall 4 m
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