ZION.83
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Plot ID Fields:
Author Plot Code	ZION.83
Author Observation Code	ZION.83
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Confidentiality Status	exact location
Latitude	37.370733428 º
Longitude	-113.018287861 º
Author Location	ZION -- Sawmill Springs
Location Narrative	From West Rim TH, hike down the West Rim Trail for about 3/4 mile, and then take trail to Sawmill Springs. Plot is about 75m up from the spring, on east side of trail.
State or Province	Utah
Country	United States
Named Places	quadrangle: The Guardian Angels region|state|province: Utah area|country|territory: United States
Layout Fields:
Shape	Circle
Area	0 m²
Permanence	permanent plot
Environment Fields:
Elevation	2183.58719668095 m
Slope Aspect	225 º
Slope Gradient	2.5 º
Topographic Position	Basin floor
Landform	drainage channel (undifferentiated)
Representativeness	of association - good; brome grasslands occurring in saturated drainages. of plot in stand - ok; st
Hydrologic Regime	Seasonally flooded
Soil Drainage	moderately well drained
Soil Depth	0 m
Percent Bedrock	0 %
Percent Rock / Gravel	10 %
Percent Wood	0 %
Percent Litter	50 %
Percent Bare Soil	40 %
Percent Water	0 %
Percent Other	0 %
Methods Fields:
Observation Start Date	04-Jul-2000
Observation End Date	04-Jul-2000
Project	Zion National Park
Cover Method	NPS CoverMethod
Stratum Method	National Park Service
Stem Size Limit	10 cm
Taxon Observation Area	0 m²
Cover Dispersion	contiguous
Overall Taxon Cover Values are Automatically Calculated?	yes
Stem Sample Method	full census
Plot Quality Fields:
Effort Level	Thorough
Plot Validation Level	(2) classification plot: sufficient for inclusion in a classification revision
Floristic Quality	High but incomplete
Bryophyte Quality	Very incomplete
Lichen Quality	Very incomplete
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
--no data--
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative	wet meadow above springs gets saturated in spring from snow pack melting and runoff on hillsides around it.

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 Bromus inermis Leyss. Bromus inermis Leyss. Bromus inermis smooth brome Bromus inermis Leyss. **   Bromus inermis Leyss. Bromus inermis smooth brome Bromus inermis Leyss. **   Herbaceous 50 % 04       -none- 2 Lotus utahensis Ottley Lotus utahensis Ottley Lotus utahensis Utah bird's-foot trefoil Lotus utahensis Ottley **   Lotus utahensis Ottley Lotus utahensis Utah bird's-foot trefoil Lotus utahensis Ottley **   Herbaceous 2.5 % 02       -none- 3 Astragalus L. Astragalus L. Astragalus milkvetch Astragalus L. **   Astragalus L. Astragalus milkvetch Astragalus L. **   Herbaceous 2.5 % 02       -none- 4 Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. Artemisia ludoviciana white sagebrush Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. **   Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. Artemisia ludoviciana white sagebrush Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. **   Herbaceous 0.5 % 01       -none- 5 Symphoricarpos oreophilus Gray Symphoricarpos oreophilus Gray Symphoricarpos oreophilus mountain snowberry Symphoricarpos oreophilus Gray **   Symphoricarpos oreophilus Gray Symphoricarpos oreophilus mountain snowberry Symphoricarpos oreophilus Gray **   Short Shrub 0.5 % 01       -none-
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Stratum Definitions:
Stratum Type Stratum Base Stratum Height Stratum Cover Canopy     0 % Dwarf Shrub     0 % Emergent     0 % Epiphyte     0 % Herbaceous   0.5 m 60 % Nonvascular     0 % Short Shrub     0 % Sub-Canopy     0 % Tall Shrub     0 % Vine/Liana     0 %
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