From the Slide Lake Cabin hike toward Slide Lake. Plot is about 1 mi from cabin, along Otatso Creek, 11 paces off trail in a low, almost circular depression, S of trail.
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
There are several shallow draws or "hollows" with this assn. scattered in this area. Clumps of willow are within and surround these meadows. Lots of ground squirrel activity, which may create disturbance that perpetuates EPIANG.
Silty clay loam. Soil is very silty with quite a bit of clay. Color is grayish brown when dry with large ped or agregates of clay (granular). Makes strong 1 in ribbon.
Disturbance Data:
Disturbance Type
Disturbance Intensity
Disturbance Comment
Animal, general
VALSIT browsed. Bare soil due to many large piles at entrance of ground squirrel holes.