GLAC.2502
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Plot ID Fields:
Author Plot Code	GLAC.2502
Author Observation Code	GLAC.2502
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Confidentiality Status	exact location
Latitude	48.508245055 º
Longitude	-114.029988318 º
Author Location	GLAC -- Lower Apgar Lookout Trail
Location Narrative	Drive to Apgar Lookout parking lot; walk up trail about 0.2 mi (go up one small hill to where trail flattens again); pass small creek; head south (left) off trail to clearing; pass areas of shrub and trees to meadow at edge of open water; plot at western
State or Province	Montana
Country	United States
Named Places	region|state|province: Montana area|country|territory: United States quadrangle: McGee Meadow
Layout Fields:
Shape	Rectangular
Area	100 m²
Permanence	permanent plot
Environment Fields:
Elevation	1045.46399841089 m
Slope Aspect	(n/a, flat) º
Slope Gradient	0 º
Topographic Position	Lowslope
Landform	bench
Surficial Deposits	Organic Deposits: Muck
Representativeness	Representative of open herbaceous CARUTR-CARAQU wetland; shrubs and trees are just beginning to inva
Soil Drainage	somewhat poorly drained
Soil Depth	0 m
Percent Bedrock	0 %
Percent Rock / Gravel	0 %
Percent Wood	3 %
Percent Litter	83 %
Percent Bare Soil	0 %
Percent Water	4 %
Percent Other	4 %
Name Other	Moss, Basal Veg
Methods Fields:
Observation Start Date	20-Jun-2001
Observation End Date	20-Jun-2001
Project	Glacier National Park
Cover Method	NPS CoverMethod
Stratum Method	National Park Service
Stem Size Limit	10 cm
Taxon Observation Area	100 m²
Cover Dispersion	contiguous
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	Sedge meadow at edge of water; only slightly invaded by shrubs; open streams running through meadow; edges of plot invaded by PINCON, THUPLI, PICENG, ALNSIT, LONINV, RHAALN, sapling to pole sized trees and much shrubbier; more understory species: CASMIN,

Taxa occurring on this plot-observation
Change plant label: --Choose a value-- Author's plant name Original Interpretation, full Scientific Name Original Interpretation, Scientific Name without authors Original Interpretation, USDA Code Original Interpretation, Common Name Current Interpretation, full Scientific Name Current Interpretation, Scientific Name without authors Current Interpretation, USDA Code Current Interpretation, Common Name
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ord Author Plant Name Original Interpretation, full Scientific Name Original Interpretation, Scientific Name without authors Original Interpretation, Common Name Original Interpretation, USDA Code Current Interpretation, full Scientific Name Current Interpretation, Scientific Name without authors Current Interpretation, Common Name Current Interpretation, USDA Code Stratum Cover Original Cover Code Basal Area Biomass Inference Area Stems: Stem Diameters (graphically): 1 Salix drummondiana Barratt ex Hook. Salix drummondiana Barratt ex Hook. Salix drummondiana Drummond's willow Salix drummondiana Barratt ex Hook. **   Salix drummondiana Barratt ex Hook. Salix drummondiana Drummond's willow Salix drummondiana Barratt ex Hook. **   Tall Shrub 3 % 02       -none- 2 Salix bebbiana Sarg. Salix bebbiana Sarg. Salix bebbiana Bebb willow Salix bebbiana Sarg. **   Salix bebbiana Sarg. Salix bebbiana Bebb willow Salix bebbiana Sarg. **   Tall Shrub 2 % 02       -none- 3 Alnus viridis (Vill.) Lam. & DC. ssp. sinuata (Regel) A.& D. Löve Alnus viridis (Vill.) Lam. & DC. ssp. sinuata (Regel) A.& D. Löve Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata Sitka alder Alnus viridis (Vill.) Lam. & DC. ssp. sinuata (Regel) A.& D. Löve **   Alnus viridis (Vill.) Lam. & DC. ssp. sinuata (Regel) A.& D. Löve Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata Sitka alder Alnus viridis (Vill.) Lam. & DC. ssp. sinuata (Regel) A.& D. Löve **   Tall Shrub 0.5 % 01       -none- 4 Carex buxbaumii Wahlenb. Carex buxbaumii Wahlenb. Carex buxbaumii Buxbaum's sedge Carex buxbaumii Wahlenb. **   Carex buxbaumii Wahlenb. Carex buxbaumii Buxbaum's sedge Carex buxbaumii Wahlenb. **   Herbaceous 40 % 04       -none- 5 Carex utriculata Boott Carex utriculata Boott Carex utriculata Northwest Territory sedge Carex utriculata Boott **   Carex utriculata Boott Carex utriculata Northwest Territory sedge Carex utriculata Boott **   Herbaceous 40 % 04       -none- 6 Petasites sagittatus (Banks ex Pursh) Gray Petasites sagittatus (Banks ex Pursh) Gray Petasites sagittatus arrowleaf sweet coltsfoot Petasites sagittatus (Banks ex Pursh) Gray **   Petasites sagittatus (Banks ex Pursh) Gray Petasites sagittatus arrowleaf sweet coltsfoot Petasites sagittatus (Banks ex Pursh) Gray **   Herbaceous 3 % 02       -none- 7 Alopecurus L. Alopecurus L. Alopecurus foxtail Alopecurus L. **   Alopecurus L. Alopecurus foxtail Alopecurus L. **   Herbaceous 0.5 % 01       -none- 8 Calamagrostis canadensis (Michx.) Beauv. Calamagrostis canadensis (Michx.) Beauv. Calamagrostis canadensis bluejoint Calamagrostis canadensis (Michx.) Beauv. **   Calamagrostis canadensis (Michx.) Beauv. Calamagrostis canadensis bluejoint Calamagrostis canadensis (Michx.) Beauv. **   Herbaceous 0.5 % 01       -none- 9 Equisetum arvense L. Equisetum arvense L. Equisetum arvense field horsetail Equisetum arvense L. **   Equisetum arvense L. Equisetum arvense field horsetail Equisetum arvense L. **   Herbaceous 0.5 % 01       -none- 10 Carex canescens L. Carex canescens L. Carex canescens silvery sedge Carex canescens L. **   Carex canescens L. Carex canescens silvery sedge Carex canescens L. **   Herbaceous 0.5 % 01       -none- 11 Geum rivale L. Geum rivale L. Geum rivale purple avens Geum rivale L. **   Geum rivale L. Geum rivale purple avens Geum rivale L. **   Herbaceous 0.5 % 01       -none- 12 Geum aleppicum Jacq. Geum aleppicum Jacq. Geum aleppicum yellow avens Geum aleppicum Jacq. **   Geum aleppicum Jacq. Geum aleppicum yellow avens Geum aleppicum Jacq. **   Herbaceous 0.5 % 01       -none-
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Stratum Definitions:
Stratum Type Stratum Base Stratum Height Stratum Cover Canopy     0 % Dwarf Shrub     0 % Emergent     0 % Epiphyte     0 % Herbaceous 0.5 m 1 m 80 % Nonvascular     0 % Short Shrub     0 % Sub-Canopy     0 % Tall Shrub 0.5 m 1 m 5 % Vine/Liana     0 %
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