SMAA0722
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Plot ID Fields:
Author Plot Code	SMAA0722
Author Observation Code	SMAA0722
Original Data Location	SAMO NPS Headquarters, 401 West Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks, CA
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Confidentiality Status	exact location
Latitude	34.0421724993632 º
Longitude	-118.590568262491 º
Author Location	Topanga Beach
Location Narrative	Mesa-type area above creek. Steepness varies. Polygon has changed (divided into 2) but remains usable as appears UTMs are correct according to plant list-the other polygon contains Encelia californica, Eriogonum cinereum, Eriogonum fasciculatum and Salvia mellifera, not found on the list. 2/09/09 jbc
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	60 º
Min Slope Gradient	5 º
Max Slope Gradient	25 º
Topographic Position	Lower to Middle 1/3 of slope
Methods Fields:
Observation Start Date	30-Dec-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	0.75 m
Field Cover	2.5 %
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative	original plot ID: AA0722, Vegetation type confidence: Cercocarpus betuloides patchy. Heteromeles arbutifolia patchy, mostly in S. end. Rhus thruout. Good view but oblique angle. 8211 not great b/c Malosma laurina cover very high; Surveyed stand has an inclusion of Heteromeles arbutifolia;

Taxa occurring on this plot-observation
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Change Strata Shown: --choose one-- show strata show overall cover show strata + overall
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 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 20 % 3       -none- 2 Heteromeles arbutifolia Heteromeles arbutifolia (Lindl.) M. Roem. Heteromeles arbutifolia Heteromeles arbutifolia **   HEAR5 Heteromeles arbutifolia (Lindl.) M. Roem. Heteromeles arbutifolia Heteromeles arbutifolia **   HEAR5 Tall Shrub 6 % 2       -none- 3 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 6 % 2       -none- 4 Cercocarpus betuloides Cercocarpus betuloides Nutt. Cercocarpus betuloides Cercocarpus betuloides **   CEBE3 Cercocarpus betuloides Nutt. Cercocarpus betuloides Cercocarpus betuloides **   CEBE3 Tall Shrub 2 % 1       -none- 5 Artemisia californica Artemisia californica Less. Artemisia californica Artemisia californica **   ARCA11 Artemisia californica Less. Artemisia californica Artemisia californica **   ARCA11 Short Shrub 7 % 2       -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 % 1       -none- 7 Leymus condensatus Leymus condensatus (J. Presl) A. Löve Leymus condensatus Leymus condensatus **   LECO12 Leymus condensatus (J. Presl) A. Löve Leymus condensatus Leymus condensatus **   LECO12 Herbaceous 2 % 1       -none-
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Stratum Definitions:
Stratum Type Stratum Base Stratum Height Stratum Cover Short Shrub 1 m 2 m 7.5 % Tall Shrub 2 m 5 m 35 % Emergent       Herbaceous       Vine/Liana       Sub-Canopy       Dwarf Shrub       Canopy
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