Overall Taxon Cover Values are Automatically Calculated?
no
Stem Observation Area
400
m²
Stem Sample Method
Full census
Plot Quality Fields:
Effort Level
Accurate
Plot Validation Level
(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
Floristic Quality
High
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
Basal Area
31.8481313493103
m²/ha
Tree Cover
70
%
Shrub Cover
70
%
Field Cover
90
%
Nonvascular Cover
50
%
Dominant Stratum
Tree
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
The habitat is a headwaters stream bottom characterized by a complex of braided seeps and stream channels. Although underlying bedrock is charnocktite, a granitic rock, much of the site is covered with stony colluvium from upslope metabasaltic greenstone.
A= heterogeneous within plot. Area of medium brown, friable loam with many small stones on hummocks. Loamy gravel, gravel or cobble deposits in stream channels.