Take Slide Lake Road about 4 mi from junction with highway, up through huge meadow, down to creek, and continue as road begins to ascend up hill again. Go past stumpy meadow, to where you look NW to Chief Mtn., through meadow off road. Make sure you are
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:
Growthform1 Type
Needle-leaved shrub
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
This plot is on bedrock with a shallow layer of soil. Bedrock looks like limestone. Evidence of fire - chunks of charcoal scattered around area. Stand age = 60 yrs.
Soil makes a somewhat wimpy 1 in ribbon. Hard to dig deep due to bedrock. Outcrops look like limestone. Soil is greyish brown with rust mottling and some gravel (10-30%). Bedrock is at 4 in or shallower.
Disturbance Data:
Disturbance Type
Disturbance Intensity
Disturbance Comment
unknown
Cow pies in area. Burnt log with charcoal chunks on ground.