Towering Jeffrey pines are dominant as huckleberry oak covers a large portion of the plot in dense chapparal-like clusters. Glaciated granitic bedrock covers much of the mid-slope. Small patches of loose litter at the foot of the Jeffrey pines, the plot -- Total Veg. Cover: 6 / 75%
Total non-native cover: 0
HT. to Base:
T2 - 05 (Pinus jeffreyi)
T3 - 03 (P. jeffreyi)
S1 - 01 (P. jeffreyi)
S2 - 01 (Quercus vaccinifolia)
Representativeness
Open Jeffrey pine / huckleberry oak, no reason for non-representativeness.
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
(under unvegetated surface, estimates of cover do not add up to 100 %; field estimates were made in cover categories -- PJW)
Photos:
MCHS roll 1:
9, 10 are the same picture one didn't come out ???
11. sign at 3.5 m due to technical problems