SMAA1103
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Plot ID Fields:
Author Plot Code	SMAA1103
Author Observation Code	SMAA1103
Original Data Location	SAMO NPS Headquarters, 401 West Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks, CA
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Confidentiality Status	exact location
Latitude	34.1934949343967 º
Longitude	-118.831080612433 º
Author Location	Westlake - Kanan Road
Location Narrative	Fire since photo was taken, controlled burn Spring 2002. Malacothamnus fasciculatus only 2-3 ft modal.
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	368 m
Slope Aspect	290 º
Min Slope Gradient	25 º
Topographic Position	Lower to Middle 1/3 of slope
Percent Rock / Gravel	4 %
Percent Litter	4 %
Percent Bare Soil	7 %
Methods Fields:
Observation Start Date	29-Mar-2004 ± 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	1.5 m
Field Cover	15 %
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative	original plot ID: AA1103, Vegetation type confidence: Lots of shrubs but Leymus condensatus has best distribution and highest cover.; Not a good view of SW arm. Not seeing about 10% of polygon. High certainty. Good heterogeneity for all species. There has been a fire here since photo was taken - a controlled burn in Spring 2002.;

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 Sambucus mexicana Sambucus mexicana C. Presl ex DC. Sambucus mexicana Sambucus mexicana **   SAME5 Sambucus mexicana C. Presl ex DC. Sambucus mexicana Sambucus mexicana **   SAME5 Tall Shrub 1 % 1       -none- 2 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 Short Shrub 4 % 1       -none- 3 Astragalus trichopodus Astragalus trichopodus (Nutt.) A. Gray Astragalus trichopodus Astragalus trichopodus **   ASTR6 Astragalus trichopodus (Nutt.) A. Gray Astragalus trichopodus Astragalus trichopodus **   ASTR6 Short Shrub 2 % 1       -none- 4 Hazardia squarrosa Hazardia squarrosa (Hook. & Arn.) Greene Hazardia squarrosa Hazardia squarrosa **   HASQ2 Hazardia squarrosa (Hook. & Arn.) Greene Hazardia squarrosa Hazardia squarrosa **   HASQ2 Short Shrub 1 % 1       -none- 5 Salvia mellifera Salvia mellifera Greene Salvia mellifera Salvia mellifera **   SAME3 Salvia mellifera Greene Salvia mellifera Salvia mellifera **   SAME3 Short Shrub 0.2 % 1       -none- 6 Encelia californica Encelia californica Nutt. Encelia californica Encelia californica **   ENCA Encelia californica Nutt. Encelia californica Encelia californica **   ENCA Short Shrub 0.2 % 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 13 % 3       -none- 8 Plant Unknown Herbs/Forbs Plant Unknown Herbs/Forbs **   Plantae Plants Plant Unknown Herbs/Forbs **   Plant Unknown Herbs/Forbs **   Plantae Plants Plant Unknown Herbs/Forbs **   Herbaceous 7 % 2       -none- 9 Plant Unknown Herbs/Forbs Plant Unknown Herbs/Forbs **   Plantae Plants Plant Unknown Herbs/Forbs **   Plant Unknown Herbs/Forbs **   Plantae Plants Plant Unknown Herbs/Forbs **   Herbaceous 5 % 1       -none-
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Stratum Definitions:
Stratum Type Stratum Base Stratum Height Stratum Cover Short Shrub 0.5 m 1 m 15 % Tall Shrub 2 m 5 m 2.5 % Herbaceous       Emergent       Vine/Liana       Sub-Canopy       Dwarf Shrub       Canopy
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