SAMO1299
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Plot ID Fields:
Author Plot Code	SAMO1299
Author Observation Code	SAMO1299
Original Data Location	SAMO NPS Headquarters, 401 West Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks, CA
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Confidentiality Status	exact location
Latitude	34.174667691032 º
Longitude	-118.70910938984 º
Author Location	Upper Las Virgenes Open Space Preserve / Ahmanson
Location Narrative	Marah is patchy but very thick. Malacothamnus fasciculatus higher cover at top of hill and not very thick. Binoculars assessed. Marah may not be visible on photo if dead when photo taken. A Marah alliance.
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	347 m
Slope Aspect	330 º
Min Slope Gradient	25 º
Topographic Position	Upper 1/3 of slope
Surficial Deposits	Unknown
Rock Type	Unknown
Landscape Narrative	Upland;
Methods Fields:
Observation Start Date	11-Apr-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	0.75 m
Tree Cover	7 %
Shrub Cover	29 %
Field Cover	17 %
Nonvascular Cover	0 %
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative	original plot ID: rap1299, 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 Marah macrocarpus Marah macrocarpus (Greene) Greene Marah macrocarpus Marah macrocarpus **   MAMA8 Marah macrocarpus (Greene) Greene Marah macrocarpus Marah macrocarpus **   MAMA8 Medium 17 %         -none- 2 Salvia mellifera Salvia mellifera Greene Salvia mellifera Salvia mellifera **   SAME3 Salvia mellifera Greene Salvia mellifera Salvia mellifera **   SAME3 Medium 16 %         -none- 3 Malacothamnus fasciculatus Malacothamnus fasciculatus (Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray) Greene Malacothamnus fasciculatus Malacothamnus fasciculatus **   MAFA Malacothamnus fasciculatus (Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray) Greene Malacothamnus fasciculatus Malacothamnus fasciculatus **   MAFA Medium 12 %         -none- 4 Artemisia californica Artemisia californica Less. Artemisia californica Artemisia californica **   ARCA11 Artemisia californica Less. Artemisia californica Artemisia californica **   ARCA11 Medium 1 %         -none- 5 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 1 %         -none- 6 Keckiella cordifolia Keckiella cordifolia (Benth.) Straw Keckiella cordifolia Keckiella cordifolia **   KECO Keckiella cordifolia (Benth.) Straw Keckiella cordifolia Keckiella cordifolia **   KECO Medium 0.2 %         -none- 7 Paeonia californica Paeonia californica Nutt. Paeonia californica Paeonia californica **   PACA2 Paeonia californica Nutt. Paeonia californica Paeonia californica **   PACA2 Low 0.2 %         -none- 8 Juglans californica Juglans californica S. Watson Juglans californica Juglans californica **   JUCA Juglans californica S. Watson Juglans californica Juglans californica **   JUCA Tall 7 %         -none-
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Stratum Definitions:
Stratum Type Stratum Base Stratum Height Stratum Cover Tall 5 m     conifer tree     0 % hardwood tree 5 m 10 m 7 % Medium 0.5 m 5 m   Low 0 m 0.5 m   Low-Mid Shrub 0.5 m 1 m   Low Tree-Tall Shrub 1 m 2 m
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