Drive North Fork Road past Round Prairie to Kintla Creek Bridge, 0.8 mi. north of bridge; hike to NW of road about 0.1 mi. to plot center; between road and marsh (fen) 1.3 mi. south of Kintla Lake C.G. entrance.
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
Coming into ABILAS, PSEMEN and PICENG; habitat type would be ABILAS-PICENG/CLIUNI-VACCES; the more shaded portions have moss cover with CLIUNI well distributed to make it a mesic site with cold air ponding (in basin); most of the site is exposed due to PI
Is an area extremely impacted by beetle-kill to PINCON; stands were dense to PINCON with other seral spp. more scattered and less than 10% of canopy generally; oldest trees in stand LAROCC, PSEMEN established following stand-replacing fire of 170 years ag
Animal, general
Browsing on AMEALN; pellet groups for elk and deer.