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COWRCH19
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» Citation URL: http://vegbank.org/cite/urn:lsid:vegbank.org/vegbranch:observation:2386-{D67BFCB7-932D-4E32-ADB4-07EEF3CA794C}
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Author Plot Code  |
COWRCH19
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| Author Observation Code |
COWRCH19
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| Original Data Location |
Vegetation Classification and Mapping Program, California Dept of Fish and Wildlife, Sacramento, CA
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| Location Fields: |
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| Confidentiality Status |
exact location
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| Latitude |
40.5823133508286
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| Longitude |
-122.024268228192
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| Author Location |
Cow Creek Ranch, Shasta County
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| Location Narrative |
Cow Creek Ranch is a Shasta Land Trust easement property. A dense blue oak woodland with occasional patches of Quercus wislizeni and Pinus sabiniana. The shrub layer is somewhat heterogeneous with patchy Arctostaphylos manzanita, poison oak, and young Quercus wislizeni. There is a fair amount of boulder cover as well. The herb layer contains a significant presence of purple needle grass and other native perennial grasses.
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| State or Province |
California
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| Country |
United States
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| Layout Fields: | |
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| Shape |
Plotless
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| Permanence |
not permanent
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| Environment Fields: | |
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| Stand Size |
extensive
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| Elevation |
335
m
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| Slope Aspect |
(n/a, too irregular to determine)
º
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| Slope Gradient |
20
º
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| Topographic Position |
Midslope
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| Rock Type |
pyroclastic, unspecified
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| Landscape Narrative |
upland
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| Percent Rock / Gravel |
14
%
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| Percent Litter |
66
%
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| Percent Bare Soil |
17
%
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| Percent Water |
0
%
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| Percent Other |
3
%
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| Name Other |
BasalStemArea
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| Methods Fields: | |
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| Observation Start Date |
16-May-2006
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| Project |
Northern Sierra Nevada Foothills
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| Cover Method |
Percentage (%)
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| Stratum Method |
CNPS/CDFW RA v. 2005
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| Cover Dispersion |
Entire
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| Overall Taxon Cover Values are Automatically Calculated? |
no
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| Plot Validation Level |
(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
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| Overall Plot Vegetation Fields: | |
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| Shrub Height |
3.5
m
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| Field Height |
0.25
m
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| Shrub Cover |
15
%
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| Field Cover |
59
%
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| Dominant Stratum |
Tree
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| Misc Fields: | |
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| Observation Narrative |
The stand is large and heterogeneous but only a small portion was traversed.
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