COWRCH13
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Plot ID Fields:
Author Plot Code	COWRCH13
Author Observation Code	COWRCH13
Original Data Location	Vegetation Classification and Mapping Program, California Dept of Fish and Wildlife, Sacramento, CA
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Confidentiality Status	exact location
Latitude	40.5819101448617 º
Longitude	-122.02133195987 º
Author Location	Cow Creek Ranch, Shasta County
Location Narrative	Cow Creek Ranch is a Shasta Land Trust easement property. This Rapid Assessment survey describes the intermittent alder thickets directly along the water's edge along Cow Creek. The creek is running high levels and most of the associated herb layer is under water. The alders are patchy and interspersed with Fraxinus and Salix as a low tree layer. There is an intermittent overstory of Quercus chrysolepis and Quercus kelloggii from an adjacent alliance.
State or Province	California
Country	United States
Named Places	area|country|territory: United States region|state|province: California
Layout Fields:
Shape	Plotless
Permanence	not permanent
Environment Fields:
Stand Size	small
Elevation	383 m
Slope Aspect	(n/a, flat) º
Slope Gradient	0 º
Topographic Position	Low level
Rock Type	pyroclastic, unspecified
Landscape Narrative	wetland
Percent Rock / Gravel	47 %
Percent Litter	0 %
Percent Bare Soil	5 %
Percent Water	45 %
Percent Other	3 %
Name Other	BasalStemArea
Methods Fields:
Observation Start Date	16-May-2006
Project	Northern Sierra Nevada Foothills
Cover Method	Percentage (%)
Stratum Method	CNPS/CDFW RA v. 2005
Cover Dispersion	Entire
Overall Taxon Cover Values are Automatically Calculated?	no
Plot Quality Fields:
Plot Validation Level	(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
Shrub Height	1.5 m
Field Height	0.25 m
Shrub Cover	5 %
Field Cover	4 %
Dominant Stratum	Tree
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative	Survey only describes the stand around the GPS point. Couldn't navigate along the river due to high water.

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 Ceanothus integerrimus Ceanothus integerrimus Hook. & Arn. Ceanothus integerrimus deerbrush Ceanothus integerrimus **   Ceanothus integerrimus Hook. & Arn. Ceanothus integerrimus deerbrush Ceanothus integerrimus **   low stratum 1 %         -none- 2 Artemisia douglasiana Artemisia douglasiana Bess. Artemisia douglasiana Douglas' sagewort Artemisia douglasiana **   Artemisia douglasiana Bess. Artemisia douglasiana Douglas' sagewort Artemisia douglasiana **   low stratum 1 %         -none- 3 Aristolochia californica Aristolochia californica Torr. Aristolochia californica California dutchman's pipe Aristolochia californica **   Aristolochia californica Torr. Aristolochia californica California dutchman's pipe Aristolochia californica **   low stratum 1 %         -none- 4 Vitis californica Vitis californica Benth. Vitis californica California wild grape Vitis californica **   Vitis californica Benth. Vitis californica California wild grape Vitis californica **   low stratum 1 %         -none- 5 Salix laevigata Salix laevigata Bebb Salix laevigata red willow Salix laevigata **   Salix laevigata Bebb Salix laevigata red willow Salix laevigata **   medium stratum 5 %         -none- 6 Umbellularia californica Umbellularia californica (Hook. & Arn.) Nutt. Umbellularia californica California laurel Umbellularia californica **   Umbellularia californica (Hook. & Arn.) Nutt. Umbellularia californica California laurel Umbellularia californica **   medium stratum 1 %         -none- 7 Aesculus californica Aesculus californica (Spach) Nutt. Aesculus californica California buckeye Aesculus californica **   Aesculus californica (Spach) Nutt. Aesculus californica California buckeye Aesculus californica **   medium stratum 1 %         -none- 8 Alnus rhombifolia Alnus rhombifolia Nutt. Alnus rhombifolia white alder Alnus rhombifolia **   Alnus rhombifolia Nutt. Alnus rhombifolia white alder Alnus rhombifolia **   tall stratum 27 %         -none- 9 Fraxinus latifolia Fraxinus latifolia Benth. Fraxinus latifolia Oregon ash Fraxinus latifolia **   Fraxinus latifolia Benth. Fraxinus latifolia Oregon ash Fraxinus latifolia **   tall stratum 5 %         -none- 10 Quercus chrysolepis Quercus chrysolepis Liebm. Quercus chrysolepis canyon live oak Quercus chrysolepis **   Quercus chrysolepis Liebm. Quercus chrysolepis canyon live oak Quercus chrysolepis **   tall stratum 3 %         -none- 11 Quercus kelloggii Quercus kelloggii Newberry Quercus kelloggii California black oak Quercus kelloggii **   Quercus kelloggii Newberry Quercus kelloggii California black oak Quercus kelloggii **   tall stratum 2 %         -none- 12 Pinus ponderosa Pinus ponderosa P.& C. Lawson Pinus ponderosa ponderosa pine Pinus ponderosa **   Pinus ponderosa P.& C. Lawson Pinus ponderosa ponderosa pine Pinus ponderosa **   tall stratum 2 %         -none-
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Stratum Definitions:
Stratum Type Stratum Base Stratum Height Stratum Cover tall stratum       medium stratum       low stratum       tall shrub or understory tree 2 m 5 m 35 % hardwood 15 m 20 m 5 % conifer 15 m 20 m 1 %
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