SMAA0457
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Plot ID Fields:
Author Plot Code	SMAA0457
Author Observation Code	SMAA0457
Original Data Location	SAMO NPS Headquarters, 401 West Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks, CA
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Confidentiality Status	exact location
Latitude	34.0394798779759 º
Longitude	-118.799551078695 º
Author Location	Santa Monica Mountains Natl. Rec. Area
Location Narrative	Road through top. Lots of litter.
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:
Slope Aspect	100 º
Min Slope Gradient	25 º
Topographic Position	Lower to Upper 1/3 of slope
Methods Fields:
Observation Start Date	28-Mar-2003 ± exact
Date Accuracy	exact
Project	SAMO (Accuracy Assessment 2004)
Cover Method	Modified Tens
Stratum Method	National Park Service
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:
--no data--
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative	original plot ID: AA0457, Vegetation type confidence: Could see all with binoculars from below and also entered near top. No significant herbaceous element to polygon. Very thick. [Changed UTM final to fall into correct GIS polygon according to overlay photocopy.] Most of Ceanothus spinosus is in patches near bottom. Upper part is nearly pure Ceanothus megacarpus;

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 megacarpus Ceanothus megacarpus Nutt. Ceanothus megacarpus Ceanothus megacarpus **   CEME Ceanothus megacarpus Nutt. Ceanothus megacarpus Ceanothus megacarpus **   CEME Tall Shrub 35 % 5       -none- 2 Ceanothus spinosus Ceanothus spinosus Nutt. Ceanothus spinosus Ceanothus spinosus **   CESP Ceanothus spinosus Nutt. Ceanothus spinosus Ceanothus spinosus **   CESP Tall Shrub 15 % 3       -none- 3 Rhus ovata Rhus ovata S. Watson Rhus ovata Rhus ovata **   RHOV Rhus ovata S. Watson Rhus ovata Rhus ovata **   RHOV Tall Shrub 2.5 % 1       -none- 4 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 2.5 % 1       -none- 5 Artemisia californica Artemisia californica Less. Artemisia californica Artemisia californica **   ARCA11 Artemisia californica Less. Artemisia californica Artemisia californica **   ARCA11 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-
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Stratum Definitions:
Stratum Type Stratum Base Stratum Height Stratum Cover Emergent       Sub-Canopy       Dwarf Shrub       Vine/Liana       Short Shrub 0.5 m 1 m   Tall Shrub 2 m 5 m   Canopy
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