1341EK01
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Plot ID Fields:
Author Plot Code	1341EK01
Author Observation Code	1341EK01
Original Data Location	AECOM, 401 West A Street, Suite 1200, San Diego, CA
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Confidentiality Status	exact location
Latitude	33.7876951964709 º
Longitude	-117.669772151587 º
Author Location	Irvine Ranch Conservancy
Location Narrative	Purple sage and California sagebrush on a steep E-facing slope. Several stands like this occur in the vicinity. Area may have burned in 2007.
State or Province	California
Country	United States
Named Places	region|state|province: California area|country|territory: United States
Layout Fields:
Shape	Plotless
Permanence	not permanent
Environment Fields:
Elevation	465 m
Slope Aspect	120 º
Slope Gradient	40 º
Topographic Position	Middle 1/3 of slope
Surficial Deposits	Sandstone
Rock Type	Sandstone
Landscape Narrative	Upland
Percent Bedrock	0 %
Percent Rock / Gravel	0 %
Percent Litter	55 %
Percent Bare Soil	42 %
Percent Other	3 %
Name Other	Basal Stem Area
Methods Fields:
Observation Start Date	16-May-2012 ± exact
Date Accuracy	exact
Project	Orange County Vegetation
Cover Method	Percentage (%)
Stratum Method	Simple Four Strata
Cover Dispersion	Entire
Overall Taxon Cover Values are Automatically Calculated?	no
Plot Quality Fields:
Plot Validation Level	(1) occurrence plot: sufficient for determining type occurrence
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
Shrub Height	1.5 m
Field Height	0.25 m
Shrub Cover	41 %
Field Cover	1 %
Nonvascular Cover	0.2 %
Dominant Stratum	Shrub
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative	Vegetation type confidence: Medium.

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 Centaurea melitensis Centaurea melitensis L. Centaurea melitensis Centaurea melitensis **   CEME2 Centaurea melitensis L. Centaurea melitensis Centaurea melitensis **   CEME2 Herb 1 %         -none- 2 Stipa lepida Stipa lepida Hitchc. Stipa lepida Stipa lepida **   STLE3 Stipa lepida Hitchc. Stipa lepida Stipa lepida **   STLE3 Herb 0.2 %         -none- 3 Hirschfeldia incana Hirschfeldia incana (L.) Lagr.-Foss. Hirschfeldia incana Hirschfeldia incana **   HIIN3 Hirschfeldia incana (L.) Lagr.-Foss. Hirschfeldia incana Hirschfeldia incana **   HIIN3 Herb 0.2 %         -none- 4 Salvia leucophylla Salvia leucophylla Greene Salvia leucophylla Salvia leucophylla **   SALE3 Salvia leucophylla Greene Salvia leucophylla Salvia leucophylla **   SALE3 Shrub 22 %         -none- 5 Artemisia californica Artemisia californica Less. Artemisia californica Artemisia californica **   ARCA11 Artemisia californica Less. Artemisia californica Artemisia californica **   ARCA11 Shrub 19 %         -none- 6 Malosma laurina Malosma laurina (Nutt.) Nutt. ex Abrams Malosma laurina Malosma laurina **   MALA6 Malosma laurina (Nutt.) Nutt. ex Abrams Malosma laurina Malosma laurina **   MALA6 Shrub 1 %         -none- 7 Salvia mellifera Salvia mellifera Greene Salvia mellifera Salvia mellifera **   SAME3 Salvia mellifera Greene Salvia mellifera Salvia mellifera **   SAME3 Shrub 0.2 %         -none- 8 Nolina cismontana Nolina cismontana Dice Nolina cismontana Nolina cismontana **   NOCI Nolina cismontana Dice Nolina cismontana Nolina cismontana **   NOCI Shrub 0.2 %         -none- 9 Hesperoyucca whipplei Hesperoyucca whipplei (Torr.) Baker Hesperoyucca whipplei Hesperoyucca whipplei **   HEWH Hesperoyucca whipplei (Torr.) Baker Hesperoyucca whipplei Hesperoyucca whipplei **   HEWH Shrub 0.2 %         -none- 10 Malacothamnus fasciculatus Malacothamnus fasciculatus (Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray) Greene Malacothamnus fasciculatus Malacothamnus fasciculatus **   MAFA Malacothamnus fasciculatus (Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray) Greene Malacothamnus fasciculatus Malacothamnus fasciculatus **   MAFA Shrub 0.2 %         -none- 11 Mirabilis laevis Mirabilis laevis (Benth.) Curran Mirabilis laevis Mirabilis laevis **   MILA6 Mirabilis laevis (Benth.) Curran Mirabilis laevis Mirabilis laevis **   MILA6 Shrub 0.2 %         -none-
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Stratum Definitions:
Stratum Type Stratum Base Stratum Height Stratum Cover Shrub       Herb
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