Exit Apgar Road to west just past entry station and drive in over bridge crossing McDonald Creek; drive to where road forks and the left fork is closed; park at left fork gate and walk to first drainage crossing trail (old road).
Much standing water at 4-8" deep with protruding shrub crowns and much woody debris in water from willow and other shrubs; by late summer this slough surface is probably dry with soils still saturated.
Representativeness
Representative; did not penetrate to the heart of SALDRU stand but could see no differences in under
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
Very dense Salix swamp that has a light green and very fine-grained signature on color photos; the whole polygon was not viewed but what could be seen from above was very homogeneous with a tall willow (SALDRU) dominant overall.
