SMAA0123
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Plot ID Fields:
Author Plot Code	SMAA0123
Author Observation Code	SMAA0123
Original Data Location	SAMO NPS Headquarters, 401 West Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks, CA
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Confidentiality Status	exact location
Latitude	34.0757359208008 º
Longitude	-119.01577963748 º
Author Location	Lower Sycamore Canyon
State or Province	California
Country	United States
Named Places	region|state|province: California area|country|territory: United States
Layout Fields:
Shape	Plotless
Permanence	not permanent
Environment Fields:
Elevation	45 m
Slope Aspect	120 º
Min Slope Gradient	25 º
Topographic Position	Lower 1/3 of slope to Ridegetop
Percent Rock / Gravel	0 %
Percent Litter	0 %
Percent Bare Soil	0 %
Methods Fields:
Observation Start Date	17-Sep-2003 ± exact
Date Accuracy	exact
Project	SAMO (Accuracy Assessment 2004)
Cover Method	Modified Tens
Stratum Method	National Park Service
Method Narrative	Cover values for strata are midpoints of a cover class
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
Field Cover	2.5 %
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative	original plot ID: AA0123, Vegetation type confidence: Good 2159; Grass clump at bottom, NE end has salvia mellifera and should be separated - mostly Artemisia californica and Eriogonum cinereum;

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 Rhus integrifolia Rhus integrifolia (Nutt.) W.H. Brewer & S. Watson Rhus integrifolia Rhus integrifolia **   RHIN2 Rhus integrifolia (Nutt.) W.H. Brewer & S. Watson Rhus integrifolia Rhus integrifolia **   RHIN2 Tall Shrub 15 % 3       -none- 2 Malosma laurina Malosma laurina (Nutt.) Nutt. ex Abrams Malosma laurina Malosma laurina **   MALA6 Malosma laurina (Nutt.) Nutt. ex Abrams Malosma laurina Malosma laurina **   MALA6 Tall Shrub 7.5 % 2       -none- 3 Salvia mellifera Salvia mellifera Greene Salvia mellifera Salvia mellifera **   SAME3 Salvia mellifera Greene Salvia mellifera Salvia mellifera **   SAME3 Short Shrub 25 % 4       -none- 4 Artemisia californica Artemisia californica Less. Artemisia californica Artemisia californica **   ARCA11 Artemisia californica Less. Artemisia californica Artemisia californica **   ARCA11 Short Shrub 7.5 % 2       -none- 5 Opuntia Opuntia Mill. Opuntia Opuntia **   OPUNT Opuntia Mill. Opuntia Opuntia **   OPUNT Short Shrub 2.5 % 1       -none- 6 Mimulus aurantiacus Mimulus aurantiacus W. Curtis Mimulus aurantiacus Mimulus aurantiacus **   MIAU Mimulus aurantiacus W. Curtis Mimulus aurantiacus Mimulus aurantiacus **   MIAU Short Shrub 2.5 % 1       -none- 7 Salvia leucophylla Salvia leucophylla Greene Salvia leucophylla Salvia leucophylla **   SALE3 Salvia leucophylla Greene Salvia leucophylla Salvia leucophylla **   SALE3 Short Shrub 2.5 % 1       -none- 8 Eriogonum cinereum Eriogonum cinereum Benth. Eriogonum cinereum Eriogonum cinereum **   ERCI5 Eriogonum cinereum Benth. Eriogonum cinereum Eriogonum cinereum **   ERCI5 Dwarf Shrub 7.5 % 2       -none- 9 Yucca whipplei Yucca whipplei Torr. Yucca whipplei Yucca whipplei **   YUWH Yucca whipplei Torr. Yucca whipplei Yucca whipplei **   YUWH Dwarf Shrub 2.5 % 1       -none- 10 Hazardia squarrosa Hazardia squarrosa (Hook. & Arn.) Greene Hazardia squarrosa Hazardia squarrosa **   HASQ2 Hazardia squarrosa (Hook. & Arn.) Greene Hazardia squarrosa Hazardia squarrosa **   HASQ2 Dwarf Shrub 2.5 % 1       -none- 11 unknown Poaceae Unknown bunchgrass unknown Poaceae Unknown bunchgrass **   Poaceae unknown Poaceae Unknown bunchgrass **   unknown Poaceae Unknown bunchgrass **   unknown Poaceae Unknown bunchgrass **   Poaceae unknown Poaceae Unknown bunchgrass **   unknown Poaceae Unknown bunchgrass **   Herbaceous 2.5 % 1       -none-
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Stratum Definitions:
Stratum Type Stratum Base Stratum Height Stratum Cover Short Shrub 0.5 m 1 m 35 % Dwarf Shrub 0 m 0.5 m 7.5 % Tall Shrub 1 m 2 m 15 % Emergent       Herbaceous       Sub-Canopy       Vine/Liana       Canopy
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