Chino Winds Demonstration Project

Yavapai Ranch Cover Data, Plant Frequency and Species Composition by Dry-Weight Rank
Plot Y-2, 9/29/97 (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	4	4	8	5	5	26	%
Gravel (>2mm)	10	10	10	5	6	41	%
Rock (>10cm)		4				4	%
Litter	4	1	3	9	7	24	%
Live plant base	2	1		1	2	6	%
TOTAL	20	20	21	20	20	101	n
	DISTANCE					Ave.
Plant Base, in.	5	4	4	3	3	4
	FREQUENCY					Mean	DRY-WT RANK #1						DRY-WT RANK #2						DRY-WT RANK #3						TOT.	COMP.
PER. GRASSES
Sideoats grama	10	16	10	6	16	0.57	4	8	11	2	11	36	5	8	5	4	4	26	1	5	1			7	311	0.306
Blue grama	11	3	10	12	4	0.40	2		3	3		8	5	1	4	8	2	20	5	2	5	2	2	16	112	0.110
Needle & Thread		2		1	3	0.06		1			2	3					1	1				1		1	24	0.024
Three awns		2		1		0.03		1		1		2		1				1						0	16	0.016
Black grama	4	3	6	6		0.19	4	2	3	3		12	2	1	3	2		8	1			1		2	102	0.100
Sand dropseed			1	1		0.02						0			1			1						0	2	0.002
Squirreltail						0.00						0						0						0	0	0.000
Ring muhly	1			1		0.02						0						0	1			1		2	2	0.002
Hairy tridens		2	2			0.04		1	2			3			1			1			1			1	24	0.024
Wolftail				1		0.01						0						0					1	1	1	0.001
PER. FORBS
Evolvolus	8	10	10	7	14	0.49		2		1	1	4	2	1	2		6	11	4	4	7	9	4	28	78	0.077
Locoweed		1		1		0.02						0		1				1						0	2	0.002
Spruge	2	2	2		3	0.09						0						0	2	2	2		2	8	8	0.008
Hymenopappus						0.00						0						0						0	0	0.000
Gara			1	1	2	0.04						0						0				2	1	3	3	0.003
Aster		1	7	3	4	0.15		1				1			2			2			1	2	3	6	17	0.017
Penstamen		3			4	0.07						0					1	1		1				1	3	0.003
Zinnia		2				0.02						0		1				1						0	2	0.002
Cryptogam	4		2	1		0.07						0	2					2						0	4	0.004
Globe mallow						0.00						0						0						0	0	0.000
SHRUBS
Snakeweed	3	3	1	1	4	0.12					1	1		1	1	1		3	1	1			2	4	17	0.017
Buckwheat	1	5	1	2	7	0.16			1	1	1	3	1	2		1	2	6	1	3			1	5	38	0.037
Pingue				1		0.01				1		1						0						0	7	0.007
Juniper	4	1		1	1	0.07	4	1		1	1	7	1					1						0	51	0.050
Algerita					1	0.01					1	1						0					1	1	8	0.008
Prickly pear				1		0.01						0						0						0	0	0.000
Pinyon pine		1				0.01		1				1						0						0	7	0.007
Skunkbush					2	0.02					1	1					1	1						0	9	0.009
ANNUALS
Grass						0.00						0						0						0	0	0.000
Forbs	12	8	3	12	12	0.47	6	2		7	3	18	2	3	1	4	3	13	4	2	3	2	4	15	167	0.165
TOTAL							20	20	20	20	22	102	20	20	20	20	20	100	20	20	20	20	21	101	1015	1.000