10-point Frame Monitoring Data for Yavapai Ranch Demonstration Project
Plot Y-4 (Past. 14, not grazed) Loamy Upland Range Site, Apr. 29, 1993

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                  
Grasses                      
Perennial 39 11 16 21 14 34 20 28 9 24 21.6 9.81 7.0
Annual 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0.7 1.06 0.8
Forbs                    
Perennial 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0.32 0.2
Annual 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.00 0.0
Standing Dead 2 18 2 4 21 0 5 0 5 6 6.3 7.29 5.2
 
Total Canopy 42 32 18 25 35 34 26 28 16 31 28.7 7.87 5.6
SOIL SURFACE                    
Bare capped                  
under canopy 2 11 8 3 1 0 4 5 9 9 5.2 3.82 2.7
no canopy 4 9 21 10 7 3 9 12 19 9 10.3 5.79 4.1
Bare not capped                    
under canopy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.2 0.63 0.5
no canopy 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.3 0.48 0.3
Rock (>2mm)                          
under canopy 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.2 0.42 0.3
no canopy 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.5 0.85 0.6
Litter                
under canopy 11 7 10 15 14 19 14 8 5 13 11.6 4.22 3.0
no canopy 5 6 10 15 7 12 12 9 15 9 10.0 3.50 2.5
Cryptogams                    
under canopy 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0.32 0.2
no canopy 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.2 0.42 0.3
Shrubs                    
under canopy                    
no canopy                    
Peren. Grass                    
under canopy 29 14 0 6 20 16 7 12 1 6 11.1 8.99 6.4
no canopy 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.2 0.42 0.3
Pern. Forbs                    
under canopy                          
no canopy                          
Annuals                          
under canopy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0.32 0.2
no canopy                          
Bare & Rock                          
under canopy 3 11 8 3 1 0 4 7 9 10 5.6 3.89 2.8
no canopy 4 10 22 10 8 3 12 12 19 11 11.1 5.88 4.2
Litter & Veg.                          
under canopy 40 21 10 22 34 35 21 20 6 20 22.9 10.74 7.7
no canopy 5 8 10 15 7 13 12 10 15 9 10.4 3.34 2.4
TOTAL SURFACE 52 50 50 50 50 51 49 49 49 50 50.0 0.94 0.7
                           
Plot Y-4, Apr. 29, 1993 (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 0.5 0.0 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.0 1.5 0.5  
2 0.0 0.0 1.5 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.0 0.0  
3 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.0 1.5 1.0 0.5  
4 0.5 0.5 1.0 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.0 0.5  
5 0.5 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.5      
 
Mean 0.3 0.3 1.1 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.9 1.1 1.0 0.4 0.7 0.33 0.2
                           
 
Pin Height in Inches (n=100)
Transect Number
Subsample No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Mean
                         
1 12 13 11 12 12 11 12 11 11 12      
2 12 13 12 12 12 12 12 11 11 12      
3 12 13 12 12 12 11 12 12 11 12      
4 12 12 12 13 13 11 11 11 12 11      
5 12 12 12 12 13 12 12 12 13 11      
6 13 12 11 12 13 11 13 11 13 11      
7 13 12 11 11 13 11 13 12 13 12      
8 12 12 11 12 12 11 13 12 13 11      
9 12 12 12 13 12 11 12 12 13 11      
10 12 12 13 12 12 12 12 12 13 11      
 
Mean 12 12 12 12 12 11 12 11 12 11 12
s 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.7 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
                         
Algerita                    
Buckwheat                    
                     
Blue grama 29 15 0 5 20 13 7 12 1 0 10.2 9.51 6.8
Sideoats                          
Black grama                          
Hairy grama                          
Three awns                    
Mat muhly 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0.4 1.26 0.9
Western wheatgrass 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0.32 0.2
Needle & thread                          
                       
Cryptantha                          
                           
Annuals                          
 
Total Plants 29 15 0 6 20 17 7 12 1 0 10.7 9.66 6.9

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