PINN.102
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Plot ID Fields:
Author Plot Code	PINN.102
Author Observation Code	PINN.102
Original Data Location	Pinnacles National Park, 5000 Highway 146, Paicines, CA
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Confidentiality Status	exact location
Latitude	36.4999525973045 º
Longitude	-121.201400029784 º
Author Location	Pinnacles Natl. Monument
Location Narrative	Plot located east of plot #102. Site located 10 m up from Old Pinn / Balconies Cave Trail. Site 20 m north of East Balconies Caves entrance gate. Plot is on rock wall opposite plot 101 and about 10 m up vertical. Photos are looking into the plot from releve #101 which is ~10 m east of #102. 7154 is the south edge of the plot and 7156 is the north edge. Does moss count as living stems? Litter is "dead". Sedum spathulifolium / rock plot. Plot is convex and rounds around Northeast-facing rock.
State or Province	California
Country	United States
Named Places	region|state|province: California area|country|territory: United States
Layout Fields:
Shape	circle
Area	100 m²
Placement Method	Representative
Permanence	not permanent
Layout Narrative	circle, 5.6 m radius
Environment Fields:
Elevation	410 m
Slope Aspect	86 º
Slope Gradient	35 º
Topographic Position	Middle 1/3 of slope to Ridgetop
Surficial Deposits	Breccia (volcanic)
Rock Type	Breccia (volcanic)
Landscape Narrative	Upland
Percent Bedrock	47 %
Percent Rock / Gravel	0 %
Percent Litter	50 %
Percent Bare Soil	2 %
Percent Water	0 %
Percent Other	1 %
Name Other	Living Stems
Methods Fields:
Observation Start Date	29-Mar-2004 ± exact
Date Accuracy	exact
Project	Pinnacles National Monument
Cover Method	Percentage (%)
Stratum Method	CA Native Plant Society (CNPS)
Method Narrative	The value for slope was changed from 70 to 35 degrees (as if recorded in percent slope)
Taxon Observation Area	100 m²
Cover Dispersion	Entire
Overall Taxon Cover Values are Automatically Calculated?	no
Stem Observation Area	100 m²
Plot Quality Fields:
Plot Validation Level	(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
Nonvascular Cover	45 %
Dominant Stratum	Herb
Misc Fields:
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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 **   Low 45 %         -none- 2 Sedum spathulifolium Sedum spathulifolium Hook. Sedum spathulifolium Sedum spathulifolium **   SESP Sedum spathulifolium Hook. Sedum spathulifolium Sedum spathulifolium **   SESP Low 35 %         -none- 3 Melica torreyana Melica torreyana Scribn. Melica torreyana Melica torreyana **   METO Melica torreyana Scribn. Melica torreyana Melica torreyana **   METO Low 0.5 %         -none-
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Stratum Definitions:
Stratum Type Stratum Base Stratum Height Stratum Cover Low 0 m 0.5 m 70 % Medium 0.5 m 4 m 0 % Cover 0 m 0.25 m 35 % Tall 4 m
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