Chino Winds Demonstration Project

Yavapai Ranch Cover Data, Plant Frequency and Species Composition by Dry-Weight Rank
Plot Y-2, 9/24/96 (Grazed)

 

Attribute or Species	Dry-Weight Rank
	1	2	3	4	5	Total	1	2	3	4	5	Total	1	2	3	4	5	Total	1	2	3	4	5	Total	Wt. Total	Spec. Comp. %
	COVER
Bare ground	8	3	6	5	4	26	%
Gravel (>2mm)	9	13	5	9	12	48	%
Rock (>10cm)		1				1	%
Litter	3	2	8	5	2	20	%
Live plant base	0	1	1	1	2	5	%
TOTAL	20	20	20	20	20	100	n
	DISTANCE					Ave.
Plant Base, in.	4	3	4	4	4	4
	FREQUENCY					Mean	DRY-WT RANK #1						DRY-WT RANK #2						DRY-WT RANK #3						TOT.	COMP.
PER. GRASSES
Sideoats grama	16	13	6	18	1	0.54	14	9	3	8		34	13	4	1	12		30	7	3	3	9		22	320	0.320
Blue grama	8	13	17	5	2	0.45	5	6	9	2		22	3	8	14	1	3	29	3	7	10	1	1	22	234	0.234
Needle & thread				1		0.01						0				1		1						0	2	0.002
Three awns	1	1	1	2	17	0.22		1		1	13	15					6	6	1		1	1	4	7	124	0.124
Squirreltail						0.00						0						0						0	0	0.000
Hairy tridens				1		0.01						0						0				1		1	1	0.001
Black grama		4	4		1	0.09		2	4		1	7		3				3		1				1	56	0.056
						0.00						0						0						0	0	0.000
						0.00						0						0						0	0	0.000
PER. FORBS
Evolvolus	5	5	4	11	15	0.40		1		2	4	7	2	4	2	1	6	15	3	2	2	4	8	19	98	0.098
Bladder pod				2		0.02						0				1		1					1	1	3	0.003
Spurge		1		1	3	0.05						0				1	1	2		1			2	3	7	0.007
Hymenopappus			1			0.01			1			1			1			1						0	9	0.009
Gara		2	1	2		0.05						0						0		1		1		2	2	0.002
Aster				1	1	0.02						0						0					1	1	1	0.001
Penstamen		2				0.02						0		1				1						0	2	0.002
Cryptogam		1		1		0.02						0				1		1						0	2	0.002
						0.00						0						0						0	0	0.000
						0.00						0						0						0	0	0.000
SHRUBS
Snakeweed		2	2	1	4	0.09		1	1		1	3					2	2			2		3	5	30	0.030
Buckwheat	1	2		6	3	0.12				2	1	3				2	1	3	1	2		2		5	32	0.032
Pingue	1			2		0.03				2		2	1					1						0	16	0.016
Juniper	1		2	2		0.05	1		2	2		5	1		1			2						0	39	0.039
Algerita				1		0.01				1		1						0						0	7	0.007
Prickly pear						0.00						0						0						0	0	0.000
Skunkbush						0.00						0						0						0	0	0.000
Buckwheat 2						0.00						0						0						0	0	0.000
Mormon tea			1	1		0.02						0			1		1	2						0	4	0.004
ANNUALS
Grass						0.00						0						0						0	0	0.000
Forbs	5	4	2	2		0.13						0						0	5	3	2	1		11	11	0.011
TOTAL							20	20	20	20	20	100	20	20	20	20	20	100	20	20	20	20	20	100	1000	1.000