WURRCH10
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Plot ID Fields: | |
Author Plot Code |
WURRCH10
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Author Observation Code |
WURRCH10
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Original Data Location |
California Dept. of Fish and Wildlife, Vegetation Classification Program, Sacramento, CA
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Location Fields: |
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Confidentiality Status |
exact location
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Latitude |
39.9056002567745
º
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Longitude |
-121.882965307862
º
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Author Location |
Wurlitzer Ranch, Tehama County
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Location Narrative |
The site is located near a drainage, north of Zimmershed Creek on the Wurlitzer Ranch. The plot consists of herbaceous vegetation (in a swale) on wet soil on a flat plain next to a seasonal tributary of Zimmershed Creek. Standing water only in cattle hoof prints. The vegetation is dominated by Trifolium variegatum and various grasses (Aira, Vulpia, Bromus hordeaceus). A few stones and cobbles are present. The plot is within 10 m of running water of a seasonal creek. This type of vegetation repeats in shallow moist depressions on the Wurlitzer Ranch.; This site is actively grazed. Cattle hoof-prints are present in the plot and dung is present outside of the plot.
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State or Province |
California
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Country |
United States
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Named Places |
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Layout Fields: | |
Shape |
Rectangular
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Area |
10
m²
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Placement Method |
Representative
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Permanence |
not permanent
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Layout Narrative |
5 m x 2 m
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Environment Fields: | |
Stand Size |
small
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Elevation |
139
m
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Slope Aspect |
190
º
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Slope Gradient |
1
º
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Topographic Position |
Bottom
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Surficial Deposits |
Volcanic mud
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Rock Type |
Volcanic mud
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Landscape Narrative |
upland; Annual Grass; Early phenology.
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Percent Bedrock |
0
%
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Percent Rock / Gravel |
0.6
%
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Percent Litter |
2
%
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Percent Bare Soil |
78
%
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Percent Other |
3
%
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Name Other |
incl.other surf.& living stems
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Methods Fields: | |
Observation Start Date |
07-Apr-2006
± exact
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Date Accuracy |
exact
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Project |
northern Sierra Foothills releves
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Cover Method |
Percentage (%)
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Stratum Method |
CA Native Plant Society (CNPS)
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Taxon Observation Area |
10
m²
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Cover Dispersion |
Entire
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Overall Taxon Cover Values are Automatically Calculated? |
no
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Stem Observation Area |
10
m²
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Plot Quality Fields: | |
Plot Validation Level |
(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
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Overall Plot Vegetation Fields: | |
--no data-- |
Misc Fields: | |
Observation Narrative |
cited in Klein et al. 2007 as SNFN0444
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