CVPA0059
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Plot ID Fields:
Author Plot Code	CVPA0059
Author Observation Code	CVPA0059
Original Data Location	California Native Plant Society Vegetation Program, Sacramento, CA
Location Fields:	MAP: Google | Yahoo | TopoZone | MapQuest
Confidentiality Status	exact location
Latitude	36.5795690839059 º
Longitude	-120.693209088524 º
Author Location	Ciervo-Panoche Natural Area
Location Narrative	Stand of Tamarix is in a drainage that has a sand bar in the middle. Tamarix is not growing in the active channel. Stand has lots of stones, cobble and gravel mixed with open patches of sandy loam. Other species such as Atriplex polycarpa are interspersed throughout.
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	185 m
Slope Aspect	(n/a, flat) º
Slope Gradient	0 º
Topographic Position	Bottom
Surficial Deposits	Sandy alluvium (most alluvial fans and washes)
Rock Type	Sandy alluvium (most alluvial fans and washes)
Landscape Narrative	Wetland
Percent Bedrock	3 %
Percent Rock / Gravel	21 %
Percent Litter	20 %
Percent Bare Soil	54 %
Percent Water	0 %
Percent Other	2 %
Name Other	Basal Stem Area
Methods Fields:
Observation Start Date	27-Mar-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	3.5 m
Tree Cover	0 %
Shrub Cover	33 %
Field Cover	0 %
Nonvascular Cover	0.2 %
Dominant Stratum	Shrub
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative	Vegetation type confidence: Medium, not sure on species

Taxa occurring on this plot-observation
Change plant label: --Choose a value-- Author's plant name Original Interpretation, full Scientific Name Original Interpretation, Scientific Name without authors Original Interpretation, USDA Code Original Interpretation, Common Name Current Interpretation, full Scientific Name Current Interpretation, Scientific Name without authors Current Interpretation, USDA Code Current Interpretation, Common Name
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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 Tamarix parviflora Tamarix parviflora DC. Tamarix parviflora Tamarix parviflora **   TAPA4 Tamarix parviflora DC. Tamarix parviflora Tamarix parviflora **   TAPA4 32 %         -none- 3 Atriplex polycarpa Atriplex polycarpa (Torr.) S. Watson Atriplex polycarpa Atriplex polycarpa **   ATPO Atriplex polycarpa (Torr.) S. Watson Atriplex polycarpa Atriplex polycarpa **   ATPO 0.2 %         -none- 4 Isocoma acradenia Isocoma acradenia (Greene) Greene Isocoma acradenia Isocoma acradenia **   ISAC2 Isocoma acradenia (Greene) Greene Isocoma acradenia Isocoma acradenia **   ISAC2 0.2 %         -none- 5 Gutierrezia californica Gutierrezia californica (DC.) Torr. & A. Gray Gutierrezia californica Gutierrezia californica **   GUCA Gutierrezia californica (DC.) Torr. & A. Gray Gutierrezia californica Gutierrezia californica **   GUCA 0.2 %         -none-
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Stratum Definitions:
Stratum Type Stratum Base Stratum Height Stratum Cover Seedling & Sapling Trees     0 %
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