CVPA0105
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Plot ID Fields:
Author Plot Code	CVPA0105
Author Observation Code	CVPA0105
Original Data Location	California Native Plant Society Vegetation Program, Sacramento, CA
Location Fields:	MAP: Google | Yahoo | TopoZone | MapQuest
Confidentiality Status	exact location
Latitude	36.6658933942676 º
Longitude	-120.871685946623 º
Author Location	Ciervo-Panoche Natural Area
Location Narrative	Stand on undulating steep slope in small canyon. Ephedra californica is dispersed on the SW-facing slope and Atriplex polycarpa is dispersed throughout the S-facing slope. Very rocky with lots of bedrock mounds coming through the surface. Very little herbaceous vegetation on upper slope of stand and little herb cover overall.
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	401 m
Slope Aspect	(n/a, too irregular to determine) º
Min Slope Gradient	5 º
Max Slope Gradient	25 º
Topographic Position	Lower 1/3 of slope
Surficial Deposits	Sedimentary (type unknown)
Rock Type	Sedimentary (type unknown)
Landscape Narrative	Upland
Percent Bedrock	15 %
Percent Rock / Gravel	20.4 %
Percent Litter	0.2 %
Percent Bare Soil	64 %
Percent Water	0 %
Percent Other	1 %
Name Other	Basal Stem Area
Methods Fields:
Observation Start Date	15-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	20 %
Field Cover	0.2 %
Nonvascular Cover	0 %
Dominant Stratum	Shrub
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative	Vegetation type confidence: High

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 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 0.2 %         -none- 2 unknown Poaceae unknown Poaceae **   Poaceae unknown Poaceae **   unknown Poaceae **   unknown Poaceae **   Poaceae unknown Poaceae **   unknown Poaceae **   0.2 %         -none- 3 Eriogonum fasciculatum Eriogonum fasciculatum Benth. Eriogonum fasciculatum Eriogonum fasciculatum **   ERFA2 Eriogonum fasciculatum Benth. Eriogonum fasciculatum Eriogonum fasciculatum **   ERFA2 18 %         -none- 4 Atriplex polycarpa Atriplex polycarpa (Torr.) S. Watson Atriplex polycarpa Atriplex polycarpa **   ATPO Atriplex polycarpa (Torr.) S. Watson Atriplex polycarpa Atriplex polycarpa **   ATPO 1 %         -none- 5 Ephedra californica Ephedra californica S. Watson Ephedra californica Ephedra californica **   EPCA2 Ephedra californica S. Watson Ephedra californica Ephedra californica **   EPCA2 1 %         -none-
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Stratum Definitions:
Stratum Type Stratum Base Stratum Height Stratum Cover Seedling & Sapling Trees     0 %
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