YOSE -- Big Oak Flat Rd. opposite Merced Grove parking
Location Narrative
Tioga Rd. to gated dirt road ~ 50 m past and opposite Merced Grove parking area; Go 2.7 miles up dirt road. Plot is directly SE downhill ~40 m off road.
No evidence of recent fire; massive old sugar pines; few sugar pine saplings are present; seems as though in the next couple of hundred years white fir will dominate the forest. -- Total Veg. Cover: 6 / 75%
Total non-native cover: 0
Ht. to Base:
T2 - 07 (Pinus lambertiana, Abies concolor)
T3 - 04 (P. lambertiana, A. concolor)
Representativeness
Yes, representative of an old-growth sugar pine forest with associated trees. Stand continues in al
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
Satellite not available for PLGR reading. Elevation/ geology missing.
Photos:
B/W roll 15:
17. Std. #1
18. Std. #2
19. Std. #3
20. representative
Color roll 13:
31. Sugar pine - the biggest tree in the woods
