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CNPS and CDFW Combined Vegetation Rapid Assessment and Relevé Field Form

(Revised February 27, 2014)

For Office Use

Final vegetation type:

Alliance______________________________________________

Final database #:

Association

I. LOCATIONAL/ENVIRONMENTAL DESCRIPTION

Stand ID:

Date:

Name of recorder:

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Other surveyors:

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or ______

GPS name: ________ Datum: NAD83

For Relevé: Bearing

, left axis at SW point_____ of Long / Short side

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Zone: 10 / 11 (circle one) Error: ±______ ft / m / pdop

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

UTME

UTMN

GPS within stand? Yes / No

If No, cite from GPS to stand:

distance (m) _____

bearing ° _____

inclination ° _____

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and record projected UTMs: UTME ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ UTMN ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

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Elevation:

ft / m Camera Name/Photograph #’s:

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Stand Size (acres): <1, 1-5, >5 | Plot Size (m

): 10 / 100 / 400 / 1000 | Plot Shape ___ x___ ft / m or Circle Radius____ft / m

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Exposure, Actual

: ______ NE NW SE SW Flat Variable All

| Steepness, Actual

: ______ 0

1-5

5-25

> 25

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Topography: Macro:

top

upper

mid

lower

bottom

Micro:

convex

flat

concave

undulating

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Geology code: _____________ Soil Texture code: ______________

Upland or Wetland/Riparian (circle one)

% Surface cover:

(Incl. outcrops) (>60cm diam) (25-60cm)

(7.5-25cm)

(2mm-7.5cm) (Incl sand, mud)

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H20:

BA Stems:

Litter:

Bedrock:

Boulder:

Stone:

Cobble:

Gravel:

Fines:

=100%

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% Current year bioturbation ______ Past bioturbation present? Yes / No

% Hoof punch ______

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Fire evidence: Yes / No (circle one) If yes, describe in Site history section, including date of fire, if known.

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Site history, stand age, comments:

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Disturbance code / Intensity (L,M,H):

_____/____ _____/____ _____/____ _____/____ _____/____ “Other” _______________ / ____

II. HABITAT AND VEGETATION DESCRIPTION

Tree DBH : T1

T6 multi-layered

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(<1” dbh),

(1-6” dbh),

(6-11” dbh),

(11-24” dbh),

(>24” dbh),

(T3 or T4 layer under T5, >60% cover)

Shrub: S1 seedling

S2 young

S3 mature

S4 decadent

(<3 yr. old),

(<1% dead),

(1-25% dead),

(>25% dead)

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Herb: H1

Desert Riparian Tree/Shrub: 1

(<12” plant ht.),

(>12” ht.)

(<2ft. stem ht.),

(2-10ft. ht.),

(10-20ft. ht.),

(>20ft. ht.)

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% NonVasc cover:____ % Vasc Veg cover:_____

Desert Palm/Joshua Tree: 1

(<1.5” base diameter),

(1.5-6” diam.),

(>6” diam.)

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% Cover:

Conifer tree / Hardwood tree: _____/_____

Regenerating Tree: _____ Shrub: _____ Herbaceous: _____

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Height Class: Conifer tree / Hardwood tree: _____/_____

Regenerating Tree: _____ Shrub: _____ Herbaceous: _____

Height classes: 01=<1/2m 02=1/2-1m 03=1-2m 04=2-5m 05=5-10m 06=10-15m 07=15-20m 08=20-35m 09=35-50m 10=>50m

Species, Stratum, and % cover. Stratum categories: T=Tree, S = Shrub, H= Herb, E = SEedling, A = SApling, N= Non-vascular.

% cover intervals for reference

: <1%, 1-5%, >5-15%, >15-25%, >25-50%, >50-75%, 75%.

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Strata Species

% cover

Strata Species

% cover

Unusual species: _______________________________________________________________________________________________

III. INTERPRETATION OF STAND

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Field-assessed vegetation alliance name: ___________________________________________________________________________

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Field-assessed association name (optional): __________________________________________________________________________

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Adjacent alliances/direction:

______________________________________/___________, _____________________________________/________

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Confidence in alliance identification: L

Explain: _________________________________________________________

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Phenology (E,P,L): Herb

Shrub

Tree

Other identification or mapping information:

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