10-point Frame Monitoring Data for Yavapai Ranch Demonstration Project
Plot Y-4 (Pasture 14, not grazed) Loamy Upland, Apr. 21, 1997

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 0 0 0.0 0.00 0.0
Grasses                    
Perennial 6 3 6 11 4 4 1 4 15 3 5.7 4.22 3.0
Annual 2 4 3 3 3 5 6 1 4 1 3.2 1.62 1.2
Forbs                    
Perennial 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 0.7 1.25 0.9
Annual 8 6 2 6 1 4 9 3 1 0 4.0 3.13 2.2
Standing Dead 20 16 16 19 17 17 18 14 7 19 16.3 3.71 2.7
 
Total Canopy 36 29 27 40 25 33 34 25 27 23 29.9 5.57 4.0
SOIL SURFACE                    
Bare capped                    
under canopy 0 5 1 1 2 3 2 0 0 2 1.6 1.58 1.1
no canopy 0 3 2 2 3 0 2 2 1 5 2.0 1.49 1.1
Bare not capped                    
under canopy 18 0 13 10 5 7 7 10 6 4 8.0 5.03 3.6
no canopy 7 3 8 6 11 3 7 16 15 8 8.4 4.43 3.2
Rock (>2mm)                          
under canopy 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0.32 0.2
no canopy 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0.32 0.2
Litter                    
under canopy 15 19 13 26 16 17 17 13 13 16 16.5 3.89 2.8
no canopy 7 14 13 1 10 12 6 7 7 14 9.1 4.23 3.0
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 3 2 0 2 0 5 1 2 8 0 2.3 2.54 1.8
no canopy 0 0 0 0 1 1 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 0.00 0.0
no canopy 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.00 0.0
Annuals                    
under canopy 0 3 0 1 1 1 7 0 0 1 1.4 2.17 1.6
no canopy 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0.3 0.48 0.3
Bare & Rock                          
under canopy 18 5 14 11 8 10 9 10 6 6 9.7 3.97 2.8
no canopy 7 6 10 9 14 3 9 18 16 13 10.5 4.70 3.4
Litter & Veg.                          
under canopy 18 24 13 29 17 23 25 15 21 17 20.2 5.03 3.6
no canopy 7 15 13 1 11 14 7 7 7 14 9.6 4.50 3.2
TOTAL SURFACE 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50.0 0.00 0.0
                         
Plot y-4, Apr. 21, 1997 (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 0 1 2 2 6 0 2 1 0 1  
2 0 3 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 2  
3 1 4 0 3 3 1 0 1 1 1  
4 1 2 2 9 2 15 2 2 0 1  
5 2 3 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 1      
 
Mean 0.8 2.6 1.6 3.2 2.6 3.4 1.8 1.2 0.8 1.2 1.9 0.97 0.7
                           
 
Pin Height in Inches (n=100)
  Transect Number
     
Subsample No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Mean
                         
1 11 13 12 12 12 13 12 12 13 12      
2 12 13 12 12 13 12 13 11 12 13      
3 12 13 12 12 12 11 12 11 12 12      
4 11 13 12 12 11 12 12 11 12 12      
5 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 11 13 12      
6 12 13 12 12 12 12 12 11 12 12      
7 12 12 12 14 12 12 12 11 12 12      
8 11 13 11 12 11 13 11 11 12 11      
9 12 12 11 11 11 12 12 11 12 12      
10 12 12 11 11 12 11 12 12 11 11      
 
Mean 12 13 12 12 12 12 12 11 12 12 12
s 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.4 0.3 0.7 0.6 0.6    
                           
 
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 2 0 2 1 6 0 2 8 0 2.2 2.70 1.9
Sideoats                   0 0.0 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
Ring muhly                   0 0.0 0.00 0.0
Squirreltail                   0 0.0 0.00 0.0
Western wheat 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.3 0.67 0.5
                     
Cryptantha                   0 0.0 0.00 0.0
                     
Annuals 0 4 0 1 1 2 8 0 0 1 1.7 2.54 1.8
 
Total Plants 3 6 0 3 2 8 9 2 8 1 4.2 3.26 2.3

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