SUTTER02
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Plot ID Fields:
Author Plot Code	SUTTER02
Author Observation Code	SUTTER02
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	38.4093726792751 º
Longitude	-120.756818794886 º
Author Location	Private, Champlin property
Location Narrative	Along Sutter Creek Volcano Rd, Amador County: Mixed oak and ponderosa pine with a higher cover of interior live oak than black oak. The area was cleared during the gold rush and has since regenerated, but the understory may have been cleared again, at least once. There are two shrub layers: old Arctostaphylos viscida and younger regenerating Heteromeles arbutifolia.
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	large
Elevation	434 m
Slope Aspect	108 º
Slope Gradient	22 º
Topographic Position	Midslope
Rock Type	metamorphic, unspecified
Landscape Narrative	upland
Percent Rock / Gravel	1.2 %
Percent Litter	90 %
Percent Bare Soil	6 %
Percent Water	0 %
Percent Other	3 %
Name Other	BasalStemArea
Methods Fields:
Observation Start Date	02-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	6 %
Field Cover	3 %
Dominant Stratum	Tree
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative	Quercus wislizeni and Quercus chrysolepis difficult to distinguish at a distance through the canopy and under the lighting conditions. Majority of stand inaccessible due to property boundary.

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 Bromus diandrus Bromus diandrus Roth Bromus diandrus ripgut brome Bromus diandrus **   Bromus diandrus Roth Bromus diandrus ripgut brome Bromus diandrus **   low stratum 1 %         -none- 2 Lonicera interrupta Lonicera interrupta Benth. Lonicera interrupta chaparral honeysuckle Lonicera interrupta **   Lonicera interrupta Benth. Lonicera interrupta chaparral honeysuckle Lonicera interrupta **   low stratum 1 %         -none- 3 Heteromeles arbutifolia Heteromeles arbutifolia (Lindl.) M. Roemer Heteromeles arbutifolia toyon Heteromeles arbutifolia **   Heteromeles arbutifolia (Lindl.) M. Roemer Heteromeles arbutifolia toyon Heteromeles arbutifolia **   low stratum 0.2 %         -none- 4 Hieracium albiflorum Hieracium albiflorum Hook. Hieracium albiflorum white hawkweed Hieracium albiflorum **   Hieracium albiflorum Hook. Hieracium albiflorum white hawkweed Hieracium albiflorum **   low stratum 0.2 %         -none- 5 Lotus micranthus Lotus micranthus Benth. Lotus micranthus desert deervetch Lotus micranthus **   Lotus micranthus Benth. Lotus micranthus desert deervetch Lotus micranthus **   low stratum 0.2 %         -none- 6 Bromus laevipes Bromus laevipes Shear Bromus laevipes Chinook brome Bromus laevipes **   Bromus laevipes Shear Bromus laevipes Chinook brome Bromus laevipes **   low stratum 0.2 %         -none- 7 Luzula comosa Luzula comosa E. Mey. Luzula comosa Pacific woodrush Luzula comosa **   Luzula comosa E. Mey. Luzula comosa Pacific woodrush Luzula comosa **   low stratum 0.2 %         -none- 8 Pinus ponderosa Pinus ponderosa P.& C. Lawson Pinus ponderosa ponderosa pine Pinus ponderosa **   Pinus ponderosa P.& C. Lawson Pinus ponderosa ponderosa pine Pinus ponderosa **   low stratum 0.2 %         -none- 9 Torilis arvensis Torilis arvensis (Huds.) Link Torilis arvensis spreading hedgeparsley Torilis arvensis **   Torilis arvensis (Huds.) Link Torilis arvensis spreading hedgeparsley Torilis arvensis **   low stratum 0.2 %         -none- 10 Quercus kelloggii Quercus kelloggii Newberry Quercus kelloggii California black oak Quercus kelloggii **   Quercus kelloggii Newberry Quercus kelloggii California black oak Quercus kelloggii **   low stratum 0.2 %         -none- 11 Sanicula crassicaulis Sanicula crassicaulis Poepp. ex DC. Sanicula crassicaulis Pacific blacksnakeroot Sanicula crassicaulis **   Sanicula crassicaulis Poepp. ex DC. Sanicula crassicaulis Pacific blacksnakeroot Sanicula crassicaulis **   low stratum 0.2 %         -none- 12 Galium porrigens Galium porrigens Dempster Galium porrigens graceful bedstraw Galium porrigens **   Galium porrigens Dempster Galium porrigens graceful bedstraw Galium porrigens **   low stratum 0.2 %         -none- 13 Heteromeles arbutifolia Heteromeles arbutifolia (Lindl.) M. Roemer Heteromeles arbutifolia toyon Heteromeles arbutifolia **   Heteromeles arbutifolia (Lindl.) M. Roemer Heteromeles arbutifolia toyon Heteromeles arbutifolia **   medium stratum 6 %         -none- 14 Arctostaphylos viscida Arctostaphylos viscida Parry Arctostaphylos viscida sticky whiteleaf manzanita Arctostaphylos viscida **   Arctostaphylos viscida Parry Arctostaphylos viscida sticky whiteleaf manzanita Arctostaphylos viscida **   medium stratum 4 %         -none- 15 Quercus chrysolepis Quercus chrysolepis Liebm. Quercus chrysolepis canyon live oak Quercus chrysolepis **   Quercus chrysolepis Liebm. Quercus chrysolepis canyon live oak Quercus chrysolepis **   tall stratum 44 %         -none- 16 Quercus wislizeni Quercus wislizeni A. DC. Quercus wislizeni interior live oak Quercus wislizeni **   Quercus wislizeni A. DC. Quercus wislizeni interior live oak Quercus wislizeni **   tall stratum 4 %         -none- 17 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- 18 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 1 %         -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 4 % hardwood 15 m 20 m 48 % conifer 20 m 35 m 1 %
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