SAMO0822
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Plot ID Fields:
Author Plot Code	SAMO0822
Author Observation Code	SAMO0822
Original Data Location	SAMO NPS Headquarters, 401 West Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks, CA
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Confidentiality Status	exact location
Latitude	34.1235324779139 º
Longitude	-118.495386574003 º
Author Location	Mission Canyon Open Space
Location Narrative	Viewed from afar. Mix of Ceanothus megacarpus and C. spinosus. Could only see the NW end. No clear dominant. Mostly north or east-facing. Elevation from original GPS point, not a corrected final GPS point.
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	494 m
Slope Aspect	(n/a, too irregular to determine) º
Min Slope Gradient	25 º
Topographic Position	Lower to Middle 1/3 of slope
Surficial Deposits	Unknown
Rock Type	Unknown
Landscape Narrative	Upland;
Methods Fields:
Observation Start Date	16-Jan-2003 ± exact
Date Accuracy	exact
Project	SAMO (CNPS Rapid Assessment/Releve 2002)
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:
Field Height	0.25 m
Tree Cover	0 %
Shrub Cover	51 %
Field Cover	0.2 %
Nonvascular Cover	0 %
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative	Vegetation type confidence Low: Could only see the NW part.;

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 Ceanothus spinosus Ceanothus spinosus Nutt. Ceanothus spinosus Ceanothus spinosus **   CESP Ceanothus spinosus Nutt. Ceanothus spinosus Ceanothus spinosus **   CESP Medium 18 %         -none- 2 Ceanothus megacarpus Ceanothus megacarpus Nutt. Ceanothus megacarpus Ceanothus megacarpus **   CEME Ceanothus megacarpus Nutt. Ceanothus megacarpus Ceanothus megacarpus **   CEME Medium 14 %         -none- 3 Heteromeles arbutifolia Heteromeles arbutifolia (Lindl.) M. Roem. Heteromeles arbutifolia Heteromeles arbutifolia **   HEAR5 Heteromeles arbutifolia (Lindl.) M. Roem. Heteromeles arbutifolia Heteromeles arbutifolia **   HEAR5 Medium 9 %         -none- 4 Sambucus mexicana Sambucus mexicana C. Presl ex DC. Sambucus mexicana Sambucus mexicana **   SAME5 Sambucus mexicana C. Presl ex DC. Sambucus mexicana Sambucus mexicana **   SAME5 Medium 7 %         -none- 5 Adenostoma fasciculatum Adenostoma fasciculatum Hook. & Arn. Adenostoma fasciculatum Adenostoma fasciculatum **   ADFA Adenostoma fasciculatum Hook. & Arn. Adenostoma fasciculatum Adenostoma fasciculatum **   ADFA Medium 3 %         -none- 6 Malosma laurina Malosma laurina (Nutt.) Nutt. ex Abrams Malosma laurina Malosma laurina **   MALA6 Malosma laurina (Nutt.) Nutt. ex Abrams Malosma laurina Malosma laurina **   MALA6 Medium 1 %         -none- 7 Mimulus aurantiacus Mimulus aurantiacus W. Curtis Mimulus aurantiacus Mimulus aurantiacus **   MIAU Mimulus aurantiacus W. Curtis Mimulus aurantiacus Mimulus aurantiacus **   MIAU Medium 0.2 %         -none- 8 Rhamnus ilicifolia Rhamnus ilicifolia Kellogg Rhamnus ilicifolia Rhamnus ilicifolia **   RHIL Rhamnus ilicifolia Kellogg Rhamnus ilicifolia Rhamnus ilicifolia **   RHIL Medium 0.2 %         -none- 9 Cercocarpus betuloides Cercocarpus betuloides Nutt. Cercocarpus betuloides Cercocarpus betuloides **   CEBE3 Cercocarpus betuloides Nutt. Cercocarpus betuloides Cercocarpus betuloides **   CEBE3 Medium 0.2 %         -none- 10 Graminoid (grass or grasslike) Unknown bunchgrass Graminoid (grass or grasslike) Unknown bunchgrass **   Liliopsida Monocotyledons Graminoid (grass or grasslike) Unknown bunchgrass **   Graminoid (grass or grasslike) Unknown bunchgrass **   Liliopsida Monocotyledons Graminoid (grass or grasslike) Unknown bunchgrass **   Low 0.2 %         -none-
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Stratum Definitions:
Stratum Type Stratum Base Stratum Height Stratum Cover conifer tree     0 % hardwood tree     0 % Medium 0.5 m 5 m   Low 0 m 0.5 m   Low-Mid Shrub 1 m 2 m   Low Tree-Tall Shrub 2 m 5 m
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