CVPA0061
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Plot ID Fields:
Author Plot Code	CVPA0061
Author Observation Code	CVPA0061
Original Data Location	California Native Plant Society Vegetation Program, Sacramento, CA
Location Fields:	MAP: Google | Yahoo | TopoZone | MapQuest
Confidentiality Status	exact location
Latitude	36.6214829962883 º
Longitude	-120.689690445588 º
Author Location	Ciervo-Panoche Natural Area
Location Narrative	Stand on very steep slope. Shrubs evenly mixed with herbaceous layer dominated by Bromus rubens with Poa secunda and diversity of forbs intermixed. Lots of moss and lichen covering the soil with a lot of gravel. Some decadence in stand ~1% shrub cover has high decadence with more decadence on west-facing slope.
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	203 m
Slope Aspect	(n/a, too irregular to determine) º
Slope Gradient	30 º
Topographic Position	Upper 1/3 of slope
Surficial Deposits	Sandy alluvium (most alluvial fans and washes)
Rock Type	Sandy alluvium (most alluvial fans and washes)
Landscape Narrative	Upland
Percent Bedrock	0.2 %
Percent Rock / Gravel	15.2 %
Percent Litter	4 %
Percent Bare Soil	79 %
Percent Water	0 %
Percent Other	2 %
Name Other	Basal Stem Area
Methods Fields:
Observation Start Date	28-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	0.75 m
Field Height	0.25 m
Tree Cover	0 %
Shrub Cover	19 %
Field Cover	15 %
Nonvascular Cover	30 %
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 Ericameria linearifolia Ericameria linearifolia (DC.) Urbatsch & Wussow Ericameria linearifolia Ericameria linearifolia **   ERLI6 Ericameria linearifolia (DC.) Urbatsch & Wussow Ericameria linearifolia Ericameria linearifolia **   ERLI6 19 %         -none- 2 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- 3 Moss Moss **   Bryophyta Mosses Moss **   Moss **   Bryophyta Mosses Moss **   28 %         -none- 4 Lichen Lichen Lichen **   Lichen **   2LICHN Lichen Lichen **   Lichen **   2LICHN 2 %         -none- 5 Bromus rubens Bromus rubens L. Bromus rubens Bromus rubens **   BRRU2 Bromus rubens L. Bromus rubens Bromus rubens **   BRRU2 10 %         -none- 6 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 2 %         -none- 7 Lythrum Lythrum L. Lythrum Lythrum **   LYTHR Lythrum L. Lythrum Lythrum **   LYTHR 1 %         -none- 8 Bromus diandrus Bromus diandrus Roth Bromus diandrus Bromus diandrus **   BRDI3 Bromus diandrus Roth Bromus diandrus Bromus diandrus **   BRDI3 1 %         -none- 9 Poa secunda Poa secunda J. Presl Poa secunda Poa secunda **   POSE Poa secunda J. Presl Poa secunda Poa secunda **   POSE 1 %         -none- 10 Lomatium Lomatium Raf. Lomatium Lomatium **   LOMAT Lomatium Raf. Lomatium Lomatium **   LOMAT 0.2 %         -none- 11 Plectritis ciliosa Plectritis ciliosa (Greene) Jeps. Plectritis ciliosa Plectritis ciliosa **   PLCI Plectritis ciliosa (Greene) Jeps. Plectritis ciliosa Plectritis ciliosa **   PLCI 0.2 %         -none- 12 Bromus hordeaceus Bromus hordeaceus L. Bromus hordeaceus Bromus hordeaceus **   BRHO2 Bromus hordeaceus L. Bromus hordeaceus Bromus hordeaceus **   BRHO2 0.2 %         -none- 13 Athysanus pusillus Athysanus pusillus (Hook.) Greene Athysanus pusillus Athysanus pusillus **   ATPU Athysanus pusillus (Hook.) Greene Athysanus pusillus Athysanus pusillus **   ATPU 0.2 %         -none- 14 Amsinckia Amsinckia Lehm. Amsinckia Amsinckia **   AMSIN Amsinckia Lehm. Amsinckia Amsinckia **   AMSIN 0.2 %         -none- 15 Phacelia Phacelia Juss. Phacelia Phacelia **   PHACE Phacelia Juss. Phacelia Phacelia **   PHACE 0.2 %         -none-
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