Take Inside North Fork Road to Dutch Creek, past creek to Dutch Creek Trail on NE side of road. Hike up trail about 0.5 mi. Plot is along Dutch Creek, between creek and trail in recently burned riparian shrubland..
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
This area burned in the fall of 1999, so looks very different than the aerial photo. This plot is full of dead alder stems, so mush have been an alder thicket in the summer of last year. An exotic thistle, CIRARV, has come in thick. CALCAN is also very
Upper part of soil is very silty with about 30% small rock and gravel deeper down. Rock is mostly rounded argillite. Makes 1+ in ribbon. Soil color is light brownish gray.
Disturbance Data:
Disturbance Type
Disturbance Intensity
Disturbance Comment
unknown
We're in the Anaconda burn of 1999, so lots of ash on soil surface, charcoal and burnt logs and snags.