10-point Frame Monitoring Data for Yavapai Ranch Demonstration Project
Plot Y-3 (Pasture 14, animal impact) Loamy Upland, Apr. 14, l994

Number of Tallys per 50-point Transect
Summary
Attribute 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Mean s CI
                         
CANOPY (> 1cm)                      
Shrubs & Cacti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.1 0.32 0.2
Grasses                      
Perennial 2 10 6 5 10 16 2 6 7 5 6.9 4.20 3.0
Annual 1 1 0 4 4 2 0 0 3 0 1.5 1.65 1.2
Forbs                    
Perennial 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.00 0.0
Annual 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.00 0.0
Standing Dead 3 20 22 4 18 20 10 12 15 14 13.8 6.61 4.7
 
Total Canopy 6 31 28 13 32 38 12 18 26 19 22.3 10.27 7.3
SOIL SURFACE                    
Bare capped                    
under canopy 1 1 3 4 3 3 2 0 1 7 2.5 2.01 1.4
no canopy 11 6 5 10 8 8 19 17 7 7 9.8 4.69 3.4
Bare not capped                    
under canopy 1 2 5 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 1.4 1.51 1.1
no canopy 11 3 3 4 3 0 3 2 3 6 3.8 2.94 2.1
Rock (>2mm)                          
under canopy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.00 0.0
no canopy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.00 0.0
Litter                    
under canopy 3 12 11 13 18 25 8 8 16 4 11.8 6.66 4.8
no canopy 21 10 13 12 7 4 16 13 14 18 12.8 5.01 3.6
Cryptogams                    
under canopy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.00 0.0
no canopy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.00 0.0
Shrubs                    
under canopy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.00 0.0
no canopy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.00 0.0
Peren. Grass                    
under canopy 1 16 9 6 10 9 2 8 7 8 7.6 4.20 3.0
no canopy 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 0.42 0.3
Pern. Forbs                    
under canopy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.00 0.0
no canopy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.00 0.0
Annuals                    
under canopy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.00 0.0
no canopy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.00 0.0
Bare & Rock                          
under canopy 2 3 8 4 4 4 2 2 3 7 3.9 2.08 1.5
no canopy 22 9 8 14 11 8 22 19 10 13 13.6 5.52 3.9
Litter & Veg.                          
under canopy 4 28 20 19 28 34 10 16 23 12 19.4 9.23 6.6
no canopy 21 10 14 13 7 4 16 13 14 18 13.0 5.01 3.6
TOTAL SURFACE 49 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 49.9 0.32 0.2
                           
Plot Y-3, April 14, l994 (continued)
 
Distance to base of nearest perennial plant (inches)
 
Transect Number
Subsample No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Mean s CI
1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1  
2 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 6 1  
3 1 0 1 2 1 1 6 1 3 1  
4 1 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 1  
5 5 1 0 0 1 8 2 1 1 1      
 
Mean 1.5 0.3 0.2 0.7 1.1 2.4 2.1 0.6 2.0 0.6 1.2 0.80 0.6
                           
 
Pin Height in Inches (n=100)
Transect Number
Subsample No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Mean
                         
1 12 11 12 12 11 11 12 13 12 12      
2 13 12 12 12 11 11 12 13 12 11      
3 12 11 12 12 11 11 12 13 13 12      
4 12 11 12 12 11 12 12 13 12 12      
5 12 11 12 12 11 12 12 12 12 12      
6 12 12 11 12 12 11 12 12 12 12      
7 12 12 12 12 12 11 12 13 13 12      
8 11 11 12 12 13 12 13 12 12 12      
9 12 11 11 12 13 12 13 11 12 12      
10 12 11 12 12 12 12 12 13 12 12      
 
Mean 12 11 12 12 11 11 12 12 12 12 12
s 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.4    
                           
 
Basal Hits per 50 Points by Plant Species
 
Transect Number
Species 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Mean s CI
                         
Algerita                   0 0.0 0.00 0.0
Buckwheat                   0 0.0 0.00 0.0
                     
Blue grama 1 16 8 7 8 7 1 7 7 8 7.0 4.16 3.0
Sideoats     1               0.1 0.00 0.0
Black grama                   0 0.0 0.00 0.0
Hairy grama                   0 0.0 0.00 0.0
Three awns                   0 0.0 0.00 0.0
Mat muhly     1   2 2 1       0.6 0.53 0.4
Squirreltail                   0 0.0 0.00 0.0
Western wheatgr               1     0.1 0.00 0.0
                     
Cryptantha                   0 0.0 0.00 0.0
                     
Annuals                   0 0.0 0.00 0.0
 
Total Plants 1 16 10 7 10 9 2 8 7 8 7.8 4.21 3.0

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