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Indicate stand type of interest.
Pick a plot location within the stand that is representative of average stand
conditions.
Permanently mark the plot in the field by means of a metal or plastic plot tag and
note the location within the plot on a map. It may be necessary to put in a tie point and
tie the line from some nearby and easily-relocateable feature.
Establish plot - a 30 m-per side triangle (390 m2).
Plot Details |
| Date: |
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Surveyor (s): |
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| Plot location and tie point details if applicable: |
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| Plot Latitude: |
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Plot Longitude: |
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1.) Site description |
| BGC Zone |
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Sub |
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Var |
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| Site association |
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Slope |
% |
| Aspect |
| Flat | Fl | South | S |
| North | N | Southeast | SE |
| Northeast | NE | Southwest | SW |
| Northwest | NW | West | W |
| East | E |
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| Elevation |
m |
| Surface substrate in plot |
| Decaying wood | % |
| Bedrock | % |
| Cobbles and stones | % |
| Mineral soil | % |
| Organic matter | % |
| Water | % |
| Total | 100% |
2.) Vegetation |
| Stand Type |
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| Primary Species |
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| Secondary Species |
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| Height class |
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| Stocking class |
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| Canopy class |
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| Age class |
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| For tree composition: |
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1. do a 100% sample within the plot |
| 2. tally of all trees |
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by species |
| note if live or dead |
| crown class |
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veteran |
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| dominant |
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| codominant |
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| intermediate |
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| suppressed |
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| regeneration |
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| DBH |
| snag count |
| 3. percent cover by crown class |
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veteran |
% |
| dominant |
% |
| codominant |
% |
| intermediate |
% |
| suppressed |
% |
| regeneration |
% |
| total trees |
% |
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4. sample of twenty dominant and codominant trees |
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total height |
height to base of live crown |
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m |
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| 2 |
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| 3 |
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| 4 |
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| 5 |
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| 6 |
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| 7 |
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| 8 |
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| 9 |
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| 10 |
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| 11 |
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| 12 |
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| 13 |
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| 14 |
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| 15 |
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| 16 |
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| 17 |
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| 18 |
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| 19 |
m |
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| 20 |
m |
m |
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age samples of five largest trees to estimate total stand age |
| For understory vegetation |
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note species within plot |
| trees are not included (done above) |
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tall shrubs (>10 m ht) and cover |
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% |
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% |
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% |
| low shrubs (2 - 10 m ht) and cover |
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% |
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% |
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% |
| total shrubs cover |
% |
| forbes and grasses cover |
% |
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4. Downed woody fuels |
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one triangle (30 m per side) with sampling
as per FRDA Handbook 001 |
| 5. Forest floor |
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measure L, F, H layer depths on the fuel sampling triangles |
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5 per line (every 5 m), 15 total |
| 6. photographs |
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From vantage point to take in general plot area: |
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horizontal of stand |
| vertical to shown crown |
| ground cover |
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