CVPA0109
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Plot ID Fields:
Author Plot Code	CVPA0109
Author Observation Code	CVPA0109
Original Data Location	California Native Plant Society Vegetation Program, Sacramento, CA
Location Fields:	MAP: Google | Yahoo | TopoZone | MapQuest
Confidentiality Status	exact location
Latitude	36.7862487169594 º
Longitude	-120.779255488458 º
Author Location	Ciervo-Panoche Natural Area
Location Narrative	Stand is sparse but evenly distributed along valley floor hillslopes. Shrubs are more decadent along the steep slopes and less so on the valley floor. Very dry, most herbs are dead. Herbaceous cover is relatively high compared to shrub cover.
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	extensive
Elevation	122 m
Slope Aspect	(n/a, too irregular to determine) º
Min Slope Gradient	25 º
Topographic Position	Bottom to Lower 1/3 of slope
Surficial Deposits	Sedimentary (type unknown)
Rock Type	Sedimentary (type unknown)
Landscape Narrative	Upland
Percent Bedrock	0 %
Percent Rock / Gravel	0.2 %
Percent Litter	0.2 %
Percent Bare Soil	97 %
Percent Water	0 %
Percent Other	2 %
Name Other	Basal Stem Area
Methods Fields:
Observation Start Date	16-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	5 %
Field Cover	15 %
Nonvascular Cover	0.2 %
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 Moss Moss **   Bryophyta Mosses Moss **   Moss **   Bryophyta Mosses Moss **   0.2 %         -none- 2 Isomeris arborea Isomeris arborea Nutt. Isomeris arborea Isomeris arborea **   ISAR Isomeris arborea Nutt. Isomeris arborea Isomeris arborea **   ISAR 5 %         -none- 3 Poa secunda Poa secunda J. Presl Poa secunda Poa secunda **   POSE Poa secunda J. Presl Poa secunda Poa secunda **   POSE 7 %         -none- 4 Bromus rubens Bromus rubens L. Bromus rubens Bromus rubens **   BRRU2 Bromus rubens L. Bromus rubens Bromus rubens **   BRRU2 6 %         -none- 5 Lepidium nitidum Lepidium nitidum Nutt. Lepidium nitidum Lepidium nitidum **   LENI Lepidium nitidum Nutt. Lepidium nitidum Lepidium nitidum **   LENI 0.2 %         -none-
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Stratum Definitions:
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