YOSE.98M85
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Plot ID Fields:
Author Plot Code	YOSE.98M85
Author Observation Code	YOSE.98M85
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Confidentiality Status	exact location
Latitude	37.876281629 º
Longitude	-119.387457776 º
Author Location	YOSE -- Tuolumne Meadows
Location Narrative	Tioga Rd. to Cathedral Lakes trailhead parking along Tioga Rd.; walk ~200 m NW into the meadow.
State or Province	California
Country	United States
Named Places	region|state|province: California area|country|territory: United States
Layout Fields:
Shape	Square
Area	100 m²
Permanence	not permanent
Environment Fields:
Elevation	2594.45759605642 m
Slope Aspect	(n/a, flat) º
Slope Gradient	0 º
Topographic Position	Basin floor
Landform	mountain valley
Rock Type	igneous, unspecified
Landscape Narrative	The plot is part of a larger, sinuous stand of Carex utriculata following a small depression where the water table meets the surface. -- Total Veg. Cover: 6 / 90% Total non-native Cover: 0 Ht. To Base: N/A
Representativeness	Representative of very wet areas with standing water in this meadow.
Hydrologic Regime	Permanently flooded
Soil Drainage	very poorly drained
Water Salinity	Freshwater
Percent Bedrock	0 %
Percent Rock / Gravel	0 %
Percent Wood	0 %
Percent Litter	15 %
Percent Bare Soil	0 %
Percent Water	85 %
Percent Other	0 %
Methods Fields:
Project	Yosemite National Park
Cover Method	NPS CoverMethod
Stratum Method	National Park Service
Stem Size Limit	10 cm
Taxon Observation Area	100 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	(Note: permanent marker not placed; quad map, date information missing - PJW) Photos: B/W roll 16: 31. SE -> SW 32. SE -> NE 33. SE -> NW

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 Carex utriculata Boott Carex utriculata Boott Carex utriculata Northwest Territory sedge Carex utriculata Boott **   Carex utriculata Boott Carex utriculata Northwest Territory sedge Carex utriculata Boott **   Herbaceous 87.5 % 06       -none- 2 Bryophyta Bryophyta **   Bryophyta Mosses Bryophyta **   Bryophyta **   Bryophyta Mosses Bryophyta **   Nonvascular 2.5 % 02       -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 90 % Nonvascular     0 % Short Shrub     0 % Sub-Canopy     0 % Tall Shrub     0 % Vine/Liana     0 %
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