ARCELD17
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Plot ID Fields:
Author Plot Code	ARCELD17
Author Observation Code	ARCELD17
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	38.5661823713438 º
Longitude	-120.837141890709 º
Author Location	Morales Ranch, El Dorado County
Location Narrative	Morales Ranch is an easement of the American River Conservancy. Poison oak stand in an outcropping of metamorphic "tombstone" rocks in otherwise open annual grassland. most of the herbaceous cover consists of weedy annuals. There is an unusual amount of Daucus pusillus in the stand.
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	415 m
Slope Aspect	132 º
Slope Gradient	12 º
Topographic Position	Interfluve
Rock Type	metamorphic, unspecified
Landscape Narrative	upland
Percent Rock / Gravel	20 %
Percent Litter	67 %
Percent Bare Soil	10 %
Percent Water	0 %
Percent Other	3 %
Name Other	BasalStemArea
Methods Fields:
Observation Start Date	20-Jun-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	25 %
Field Cover	30 %
Dominant Stratum	Shrub
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative	Late season rapid assessment, most herbs and grasses dry.

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 hordeaceus Bromus hordeaceus L. Bromus hordeaceus soft brome Bromus hordeaceus **   Bromus hordeaceus L. Bromus hordeaceus soft brome Bromus hordeaceus **   low stratum 20 %         -none- 2 Daucus pusillus Daucus pusillus Michx. Daucus pusillus American wild carrot Daucus pusillus **   Daucus pusillus Michx. Daucus pusillus American wild carrot Daucus pusillus **   low stratum 6 %         -none- 3 Bromus diandrus Bromus diandrus Roth Bromus diandrus ripgut brome Bromus diandrus **   Bromus diandrus Roth Bromus diandrus ripgut brome Bromus diandrus **   low stratum 2 %         -none- 4 Carduus pycnocephalus Carduus pycnocephalus L. Carduus pycnocephalus Italian plumeless thistle Carduus pycnocephalus **   Carduus pycnocephalus L. Carduus pycnocephalus Italian plumeless thistle Carduus pycnocephalus **   low stratum 1 %         -none- 5 Melica californica Melica californica Scribn. Melica californica California melicgrass Melica californica **   Melica californica Scribn. Melica californica California melicgrass Melica californica **   low stratum 0.2 %         -none- 6 Chlorogalum pomeridianum Chlorogalum pomeridianum (DC.) Kunth Chlorogalum pomeridianum wavyleaf soap plant Chlorogalum pomeridianum **   Chlorogalum pomeridianum (DC.) Kunth Chlorogalum pomeridianum wavyleaf soap plant Chlorogalum pomeridianum **   low stratum 0.2 %         -none- 7 Vulpia myuros Vulpia myuros (L.) K.C. Gmel. Vulpia myuros rat-tail fescue Vulpia myuros **   Vulpia myuros (L.) K.C. Gmel. Vulpia myuros rat-tail fescue Vulpia myuros **   low stratum 0.2 %         -none- 8 Centaurea melitensis Centaurea melitensis L. Centaurea melitensis Maltese star-thistle Centaurea melitensis **   Centaurea melitensis L. Centaurea melitensis Maltese star-thistle Centaurea melitensis **   low stratum 0.2 %         -none- 9 Clarkia purpurea Clarkia purpurea (W. Curtis) A. Nels. & J.F. Macbr. Clarkia purpurea winecup clarkia Clarkia purpurea **   Clarkia purpurea (W. Curtis) A. Nels. & J.F. Macbr. Clarkia purpurea winecup clarkia Clarkia purpurea **   low stratum 0.2 %         -none- 10 Briza minor Briza minor L. Briza minor little quakinggrass Briza minor **   Briza minor L. Briza minor little quakinggrass Briza minor **   low stratum 0.2 %         -none- 11 Hypericum perforatum Hypericum perforatum L. Hypericum perforatum common St. Johnswort Hypericum perforatum **   Hypericum perforatum L. Hypericum perforatum common St. Johnswort Hypericum perforatum **   low stratum 0.2 %         -none- 12 Toxicodendron diversilobum Toxicodendron diversilobum (Torr. & Gray) Greene Toxicodendron diversilobum Pacific poison oak Toxicodendron diversilobum **   Toxicodendron diversilobum (Torr. & Gray) Greene Toxicodendron diversilobum Pacific poison oak Toxicodendron diversilobum **   medium stratum 25 %         -none-
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Stratum Definitions:
Stratum Type Stratum Base Stratum Height Stratum Cover medium stratum       low stratum       tall shrub or understory tree     0 % hardwood     0 % conifer     0 %
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