CVPA0087
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Plot ID Fields:
Author Plot Code	CVPA0087
Author Observation Code	CVPA0087
Original Data Location	California Native Plant Society Vegetation Program, Sacramento, CA
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Confidentiality Status	exact location
Latitude	36.7196616979375 º
Longitude	-120.798169686112 º
Author Location	Ciervo-Panoche Natural Area
Location Narrative	Atriplex stand in drainage and on upper slopes of drainage. Significant amount of Atriplex polycarpa is dead and more so in the surrounding hillslopes outside of drainage. Lush herbaceous ground cover in drainage bottom whereas upper slopes less so. Drainage slopes looked eroded.
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	460 m
Slope Aspect	(n/a, too irregular to determine) º
Slope Gradient	2 º
Topographic Position	Lower to Middle 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 %
Percent Rock / Gravel	2 %
Percent Litter	25 %
Percent Bare Soil	71 %
Percent Water	0 %
Percent Other	2 %
Name Other	Basal Stem Area
Methods Fields:
Observation Start Date	10-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	12 %
Field Cover	28 %
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 Atriplex polycarpa Atriplex polycarpa (Torr.) S. Watson Atriplex polycarpa Atriplex polycarpa **   ATPO Atriplex polycarpa (Torr.) S. Watson Atriplex polycarpa Atriplex polycarpa **   ATPO 12 %         -none- 2 Atriplex lentiformis Atriplex lentiformis (Torr.) S. Watson Atriplex lentiformis Atriplex lentiformis **   ATLE Atriplex lentiformis (Torr.) S. Watson Atriplex lentiformis Atriplex lentiformis **   ATLE 0.2 %         -none- 3 Bromus rubens Bromus rubens L. Bromus rubens Bromus rubens **   BRRU2 Bromus rubens L. Bromus rubens Bromus rubens **   BRRU2 15 %         -none- 4 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 5 %         -none- 5 Hordeum murinum Hordeum murinum L. Hordeum murinum Hordeum murinum **   HOMU Hordeum murinum L. Hordeum murinum Hordeum murinum **   HOMU 3 %         -none- 6 Bromus Bromus L. Bromus Bromus **   BROMU Bromus L. Bromus Bromus **   BROMU 1 %         -none- 7 Bromus hordeaceus Bromus hordeaceus L. Bromus hordeaceus Bromus hordeaceus **   BRHO2 Bromus hordeaceus L. Bromus hordeaceus Bromus hordeaceus **   BRHO2 1 %         -none- 8 Poa secunda Poa secunda J. Presl Poa secunda Poa secunda **   POSE Poa secunda J. Presl Poa secunda Poa secunda **   POSE 0.5 %         -none- 9 Amsinckia tessellata Amsinckia tessellata A. Gray Amsinckia tessellata Amsinckia tessellata **   AMTE3 Amsinckia tessellata A. Gray Amsinckia tessellata Amsinckia tessellata **   AMTE3 0.5 %         -none- 10 Descurainia Descurainia Webb & Bethel. Descurainia Descurainia **   DESCU Descurainia Webb & Bethel. Descurainia Descurainia **   DESCU 0.2 %         -none- 11 Salvia Salvia L. Salvia Salvia **   SALVI Salvia L. Salvia Salvia **   SALVI 0.2 %         -none- 12 Monolopia lanceolata Monolopia lanceolata Nutt. Monolopia lanceolata Monolopia lanceolata **   MOLA3 Monolopia lanceolata Nutt. Monolopia lanceolata Monolopia lanceolata **   MOLA3 0.2 %         -none- 13 Pectocarya Pectocarya DC. ex Meisn. Pectocarya Pectocarya **   PECTO Pectocarya DC. ex Meisn. Pectocarya Pectocarya **   PECTO 0.2 %         -none- 14 Vulpia microstachys Vulpia microstachys (Nutt.) Munro Vulpia microstachys Vulpia microstachys **   VUMI Vulpia microstachys (Nutt.) Munro Vulpia microstachys Vulpia microstachys **   VUMI 0.2 %         -none- 15 Eremalche parryi Eremalche parryi (Greene) Greene Eremalche parryi Eremalche parryi **   ERPA14 Eremalche parryi (Greene) Greene Eremalche parryi Eremalche parryi **   ERPA14 0.2 %         -none- 16 Lotus wrangelianus Lotus wrangelianus Fisch. & C.A. Mey. Lotus wrangelianus Lotus wrangelianus **   LOWR2 Lotus wrangelianus Fisch. & C.A. Mey. Lotus wrangelianus Lotus wrangelianus **   LOWR2 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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