10-point Frame Monitoring Data for Yavapai Ranch Demonstration Project
Plot Y-3 (Pasture 14, animal impact) Loamy Upland, Apr. 27, 1998

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 7 2 4 2 0 1 3 0 5 5 2.9 2.33 1.7
Annual 3 7 5 4 3 6 1 1 1 3 3.4 2.12 1.5
Forbs                    
Perennial 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0.5 0.71 0.5
Annual 3 8 9 7 15 15 3 15 9 12 9.6 4.60 3.3
Standing Dead 15 11 16 22 11 25 22 10 7 9 14.8 6.29 4.5
 
Total Canopy 28 30 34 35 30 47 30 26 22 30 31.2 6.66 4.8
SOIL SURFACE                    
Bare capped                    
under canopy 13 6 5 2 16 11 8 4 6 6 7.7 4.35 3.1
no canopy 9 12 6 2 13 1 11 12 15 15 9.6 5.04 3.6
Bare not capped                    
under canopy 1 4 5 5 0 0 0 3 3 2 2.3 2.00 1.4
no canopy 5 2 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1.5 1.72 1.2
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0.32 0.2
Litter                    
under canopy 7 17 21 21 7 23 15 8 10 12 14.1 6.17 4.4
no canopy 8 7 7 7 5 1 6 12 12 5 7.0 3.27 2.3
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 1 0 0 0 0.1 0.32 0.2
no canopy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.00 0.0
Peren. Grass                    
under canopy 5 1 3 4 1 1 1 3 1 6 2.6 1.90 1.4
no canopy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.00 0.0
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 2 3 0 3 6 12 6 8 2 4 4.6 3.50 2.5
no canopy 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0.5 0.71 0.5
Bare & Rock                          
under canopy 14 10 10 7 16 11 8 7 9 8 10.0 2.98 2.1
no canopy 14 14 9 6 14 1 11 12 16 15 11.2 4.69 3.4
Litter & Veg.                          
under canopy 14 21 24 28 14 36 23 19 13 22 21.4 7.09 5.1
no canopy 8 7 7 9 6 2 7 12 12 5 7.5 3.03 2.2
TOTAL SURFACE 50 52 50 50 50 50 49 50 50 50 50.1 0.74 0.5
                           
Plot Y-3, Apr. 27, 1998 (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 2 2 6 6 1 2 1 5 5 2  
2 1 0 1 7 2 1 4 3 3 2  
3 1 17 1 2 2 5 1 4 6 0  
4 2 3 2 2 1 1 11 0 2 1  
5 1 2 2 1 1 1 5 5 6 3      
 
Mean 1.4 4.8 2.2 3.6 1.2 2.0 4.4 3.4 4.4 1.6 2.9 1.37 1.0
                           
  Pin Height in Inches (n=100)
Transect Number      
Subsample No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Mean
                         
1 11 11 12 12 12 12 11 12 12 12      
2 11 12 12 12 12 12 11 13 12 12      
3 11 12 12 12 12 11 11 12 12 12      
4 11 12 12 13 12 13 11 12 11 12      
5 11 11 11 12 11 13 11 12 12 12      
6 11 11 12 12 11 13 11 12 11 12      
7 12 12 12 11 11 12 11 12 11 12      
8 12 11 12 12 11 11 12 11 11 11      
9 12 11 12 12 11 11 12 12 12 11      
10 12 12 12 12 11 12 12 12 12 12      
 
Mean 11 12 12 12 11 12 11 12 11 12 12
s 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5    
                           
 
Basal Hits per 50 Points by Plant Species
 
Transect Number
     
Species 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Mean s CI
                         
Winterfat 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.1 0.32 0.2
Buckwheat                   0 0.0 0.00 0.0
                    0 0.0 0.00 0.0
Blue grama 4 1 3 3 1 0 1 3 1 6 2.3 1.83 1.3
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
Mat muhly 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.2 0.42 0.3
Squirreltail                   0 0.0 0.00 0.0
Western wheatgrass 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0.32 0.2
                    0 0.0 0.00 0.0
Cryptantha                   0 0.0 0.00 0.0
                    0 0.0 0.00 0.0
Annuals 2 3 0 5 7 13 7 8 2 4 5.1 3.78 2.7
 
Total Plants 7 4 3 9 8 14 9 11 3 10 7.8 3.61 2.6

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