CVPA0043
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Plot ID Fields:
Author Plot Code	CVPA0043
Author Observation Code	CVPA0043
Original Data Location	California Native Plant Society Vegetation Program, Sacramento, CA
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Confidentiality Status	exact location
Latitude	36.6086378012586 º
Longitude	-120.69750806407 º
Author Location	Ciervo-Panoche Natural Area
Location Narrative	Stand of Atriplex polycarpa with Isocoma acradenia in valley bottom, above river channel. The patch with Isocoma acradenia is about an acre while the Atriplex polycarpa stand is much larger. Very dry! Lots of thatch from last year. This year the forb layer is much less than in previous years.
State or Province	California
Country	United States
Named Places	region|state|province: California area|country|territory: United States
Layout Fields:
Shape	Plotless
Placement Method	Representative
Permanence	not permanent
Environment Fields:
Stand Size	large
Elevation	160 m
Slope Aspect	(n/a, flat) º
Slope Gradient	0 º
Topographic Position	Bottom
Surficial Deposits	Mixed alluvium
Rock Type	Mixed alluvium
Landscape Narrative	Upland
Percent Bedrock	0 %
Percent Rock / Gravel	0.2 %
Percent Litter	10 %
Percent Bare Soil	88 %
Percent Water	0 %
Percent Other	2 %
Name Other	Basal Stem Area
Methods Fields:
Observation Start Date	14-Apr-2014 ± exact
Date Accuracy	exact
Project	Ciervo-Panoche Vegetation
Cover Method	Percentage (%)
Stratum Method	CA Native Plant Society (CNPS)
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	0.75 m
Field Height	0.25 m
Tree Cover	0 %
Shrub Cover	17 %
Field Cover	11 %
Nonvascular Cover	0 %
Dominant Stratum	Shrub
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative	Vegetation type confidence: High

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 Lichen Lichen Lichen **   Lichen **   2LICHN Lichen Lichen **   Lichen **   2LICHN 0.2 %         -none- 2 Frankenia Frankenia L. Frankenia Frankenia **   FRANK Frankenia L. Frankenia Frankenia **   FRANK 6 %         -none- 3 Erodium cicutarium Erodium cicutarium (L.) L'Hér. ex Aiton Erodium cicutarium Erodium cicutarium **   ERCI6 Erodium cicutarium (L.) L'Hér. ex Aiton Erodium cicutarium Erodium cicutarium **   ERCI6 3 %         -none- 4 Bromus rubens Bromus rubens L. Bromus rubens Bromus rubens **   BRRU2 Bromus rubens L. Bromus rubens Bromus rubens **   BRRU2 2 %         -none- 5 Schismus barbatus Schismus barbatus (Loefl. ex L.) Thell. Schismus barbatus Schismus barbatus **   SCBA Schismus barbatus (Loefl. ex L.) Thell. Schismus barbatus Schismus barbatus **   SCBA 0.2 %         -none- 6 Hordeum murinum Hordeum murinum L. Hordeum murinum Hordeum murinum **   HOMU Hordeum murinum L. Hordeum murinum Hordeum murinum **   HOMU 0.2 %         -none- 7 Atriplex polycarpa Atriplex polycarpa (Torr.) S. Watson Atriplex polycarpa Atriplex polycarpa **   ATPO Atriplex polycarpa (Torr.) S. Watson Atriplex polycarpa Atriplex polycarpa **   ATPO 14 %         -none- 8 Isocoma acradenia Isocoma acradenia (Greene) Greene Isocoma acradenia Isocoma acradenia **   ISAC2 Isocoma acradenia (Greene) Greene Isocoma acradenia Isocoma acradenia **   ISAC2 3 %         -none-
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Stratum Definitions:
Stratum Type Stratum Base Stratum Height Stratum Cover Seedling & Sapling Trees     0 %
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