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Attachment I: Field Forms for Half Whiskey Moon Lookout Forest RestorationProject
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Ground Cover Composition 1 00 Foot Line-Point Intercept Transect
örcund Cover Type Definitions Hits spaced 1 foot apart:
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100 foot transect
Rock Rock: > % inch diameter:includes large gravels,
-cobbles, stones, boulders,
. rock outcrop
“Pediment” ,.Count small (2-5mm) andmedium (5-20mm) gravels
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. evidence/quantity .
provides surface stabilityon site specific basis,otherwise add to bare soil
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Biological crusts Lichen, moss ,,p4f \Vegetation: Point at which plant jy p4 pA j,V Lt1basal or foliar that stems come out of soil / ‘
protects soil surface/Canopy cover y( gusually < 30cm. tall that 7 / *
Iintercepts raindrop
Bare soil Bare soil(rOck <3/4 inch diameteralso usually recorded as • .
bare soil) Bare soil due to gopher mounds:
Total grOtind cover¾
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Total bare soil ¾ . . /
Date::
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UTM (GPS) Transect Start:
Slope %: 7L Aspect of Beffline:___________*
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*Definitions measures, and protocols:2013 Region 4 Workshop on Soil Assessment
USDA Forest Service FSM 2500 Ch. 2550USDA NRCS NSSC Field Book for Describing and Sampling Soils Version 3.0
Reviewed by Allen Huber 2015
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JfonnITopography . Habitat/Community Type Parentterial
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Soil Classification (family) - Ageatershed ID name or HUC1i
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Observed Estimtes on soil Iij1±h wei iiiefrori wiiaI observations only
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Traversed On site wa]kThrough, direct soil contact, grab samples quick pits ocular estimates ofcover nlls erosionTransected, low mteusity On site mvestigations may include systematic or random samphng core samples collected, tape measured surface cover soil pitesctiptions .. -, ‘ ‘ :Transected high mtensity Use of designed sampling methods such as Howes Hazard and Geist or project specific momtonng plan for collection of quantffiabIe
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Soil Strupture grnuar or smmoderate platy • :ftoi’
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- . . ..S . : compaction is evident in the actwity ‘ . . . Compaction limits root growth and. Compaction Estimate .
: . . - extent nd does not significantly effect • . - .. .‘ . .- .. . .
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,‘ : . occurs throughout the activity arearoot growthM;1ants and rocks pestaedSurface Erosion . . , Pedestals present but on mature plants . . . . .< No pedestaling ofplants or rocks roots exposed. hcben line evident onSheetwash . . on’y, no roots exposedJoj
SurfacErosion . S Smafl, thibryonic andndiconnècted [1fdefin1 aéyEdi%Ellis andGulhes Absenyr with blunted features
dendutic pattern rthc I. - * ‘— . ..- . Somerecent deposffionmateiIis* Nd’iaII recentdepbiil5iIRe vegetation ofRecent Deposition Al Recent depositional material is vegetated
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non-vegetated . ,.. . : 15 nonvegetated .s*4 — Morethan ½ ofthe natural gr6und MoreffiW½ ofth i&ffid d&hiSufficient ground cover exists to r - . ‘Effective Ground Cover r . - . . ‘ cover and erosion rates are within the been removed and erosion rate are
% SOil erosion to natural er es;% . . . ‘)* , : range for natural conditions . ,. . above naura1 rates . . :
Minimal io soil displacement, no Soil has displacement effects iiiitilSoil Displacement hummocks evident soil material4 hummoc or displacement evident hummocks present, puddlesc:4AJ , fl-j’,s (4 ‘ : . . .. •. ‘ -. novcd,puaaies
vSoil and/orbiter d6sinonis preseiit Soil
Soil Deposition Not unusual or excessive Fine litter maybe patterned as smiffi uphill i& oflogs brush piles ‘itc- ‘_4-’ £
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4thums fortheFco1o the Ecoogicaii- - ;-;---t Changes m vuetatiea cposthoi ‘‘Jisthbution of desirable perenmat -ic% f I indicate a shift towards a curer iess —3 pThnt reflects specIes by vegetative -- . ‘---S ‘- . - . - : I productive plant cowmumtjr. - .The perennial fom and/or graminoid • .Vegetative Commumtv Conmosition layer (1 e trees shrubs foths and i$ii — There may aiso on an mcrease in vegetative layers are absent or sparse- grammoids) as identffiedm the•1 - - annual plants sliaflow rootedi \potential plant community - ‘
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Date: zôic Slope %: Aspect of Beitline:_____________
Ground Cover Type Definitions Hits spaced 1 foot apart:
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100 foot transectRock Ro. >
3,;/4 inch diameter: - . .includes large gravels,cobbles, stones, boulders, .
. rock outcrop ,
“Pediment” Count small (2-5mm) andmedium (5-20mm) gravelsas rock when . .
evidence/quantityprovides surface stabilityon site specific basis,otherwise add to bare soil
Cwp Woody material> 3 inch diameter
Litter .•Leaf and woody plant 4 IJ-( f Jj4”j (j I
(- materials includingorganic soil 01, Oe, Oahorizons, leaf litter, twigs,needlecast, cow pies ..
Biological crusts Lichen moss ,
/‘Vegetation Pomt at which plant 7 ‘7
basal or foliar that sterns come out of soil { .j— -rvscJ
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usually < 30cm. tall that Y ‘ yi yintercepts raindrop I,Vc 7’.
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Ground Cover Type Definitions Hits spaced 1 foot apart:
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protects soil surface/Canopy coverusually < 30cm. tall thatintercepts raindrop
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Total ground cover ‘
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*DefinitiOfls measures, and protocols:2013 Region 4 Workshop on Soil Assessment
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Reviewed by Allen Huber 2015
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Slope %:
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Ground Cover Type Definitions Hits spaced 1 foot apart:100 foot transect
Rock Rock: > ¾ inch diameter:includes large gravels,cobbles, stones, boulders, .
rock outcrop . .- .
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“Pediment” . Count small (2-5mm) and . . .
medium (5-20mm) gravelsas rock when . . . ,
. evidence/quantity . .
provides surface stability . . .
. on site specific basis,otherwise add to bare soil
Cwp Woody material> 3 inch diameter
Litter Leaf and woody plantmaterialsincludmg f°
organic soil Oi, Oe, Oa U (‘
horizons,leaflitter, twigs,needlecast, cow pies
Biological crusts Lichen, moss -.t’ i I I I . , ,
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Vegetation: Point at which plant
basal or foliar that stems come out of soil 5protects soil surface/ Canopy cover
usually < 30cm. tall thatintercepts raindrop
Bare shil Bare soil(rock <¾ inch diameteralso usually recorded asbare soil) Bare soil due to gopher mounds:
Total ground cover ,.
%Total bare soil % .
Date: cUTM (QPS) Transect Start:
I Aspect of Beliline: L1)
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Reviewed by Allen Huber 2015
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Date:
UTM (QPS) Trnsect Start:
Ground Cover Type Definitions Hits spaced 1 foot apart:100 foot transect
Rock Rock: > ¾ inch diameter:includes large gravels,cobbles, stdnes, boulçlers, .
- rock outcrop \ ‘1
“Pediment” Count small (2-5mm) and ,
medium (5-20mm) gravelsas rock rhen .
evidence/quantityprovides surface stability
. on site specific basis,otherwiise add to bare soil
Cwp Woody material I W( ii% j> 3 inch diameter ) ‘ I
Litter Leaf and woody plant uxi r ir -rf JiA •
materials including t ‘>rr i i V i i V ; i. organic soil Oi, Oe, Ca t.V 1Y
horizons, leaflitter, twigs, ,i*YTneedlecast, cow pies iy’
,,Biological crusts Lichen, moss tiVegetation: Point at whidh plant f,’( , ‘\ i\basal or foliar that stems come out of soil
protects soil surface/ Canopy coverusually < 30cm. tall thatintercepts raindrop
Bare shil Bare soil(rock <¾ inch diameteralso usually recorded asbare soil) Bare soil due to gopher mounds:
Total ground cover%Totalbaresoil% . ,
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