Chino Winds Demonstration Project

Yavapai Ranch Cover Data, Plant Frequency and Species Composition by Dry-Weight Rank
Plot Y-4, 9/29/97 (No Livestock Grazing)

 

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	5	8	9	4	2	28	%
Gravel (>2mm)						0	%
Rock (>10cm)						0	%
Litter	7	12	8	14	16	57	%
Live plant base	8		3	2	2	15	%
TOTAL	20	20	20	20	20	100	n
	DISTANCE					Ave.
Plant Base, in.	2	3	1	2	1	2
	FREQUENCY					Mean	DRY-WT RANK #1						DRY-WT RANK #2						DRY-WT RANK #3						TOT.	COMP.
PER. GRASSES
Blue grama	20	18	20	19	20	0.97	11	12	12	11	17	63	10	9	8	12	12	51	6	6	2	4	6	24	567	0.566
Western wheat	6	9	8	13	4	0.40	2	3	4	6	1	16	1	3	3	4	2	13	3	4	3	3	1	14	152	0.152
Mat muhly		1				0.01						0						0		1				1	1	0.001
Squrreltail						0.00						0						0						0	0	0.000
Vine mesquite		2			2	0.04						0		2			1	3		1			1	2	8	0.008
Sideoats grama						0.00						0						0						0	0	0.000
galleta	3					0.03						0						0	3					3	3	0.003
three awns				1		0.01						0						0						0	0	0.000
Sand dropseed	1					0.01						0						0	1					1	1	0.001
PER. FORBS
Gara	1					0.01						0	1					1						0	2	0.002
Ground cherry	2		4	1		0.07						0						0	2					2	2	0.002
Globe mallow					1	0.01						0						0						0	0	0.000
Morning glory		1		3		0.04						0		1				1				2		2	4	0.004
Pernnial mustard					2	0.02						0						0						0	0	0.000
Daisy			1			0.01						0						0			1			1	1	0.001
Thistle						0.00						0						0						0	0	0.000
Spurge			10			0.10						0			1			1			8			8	10	0.010
Verbena			1			0.01						0						0						0	0	0.000
Wire lettuce				2		0.02						0				1		1				1		1	3	0.003
Horehound					1	0.01
SHRUBS
Snakeweed					1	0.01						0						0					1	1	1	0.001
Prickly pear						0.00						0						0						0	0	0.000
Winter fat				1		0.01				1		1				1		1						0	9	0.009
Senecio			2			0.02						0			2			2						0	4	0.004
						0.00						0						0						0	0	0.000
						0.00						0						0						0	0	0.000
						0.00						0						0						0	0	0.000
						0.00						0						0						0	0	0.000
ANNUALS
Grass	4	1	3	7	8	0.23			1			1					2	2	2		1		2	5	16	0.016
Forbs	17	20	20	16	20	0.93	7	5	3	2	2	19	9	5	6	1	3	24	3	8	7	9	9	36	217	0.217
TOTAL							20	20	20	20	20	100	21	20	20	19	20	100	20	20	22	19	20	101	1001	1.000