50 JOURNAL OF FORESTRY 



THF PLOT 



Slope Aspect Altitude 



Topography : Flat, bench, slope, upland, upjier slope, lower slope, lowland, 

 stream bottom, rolling (gently, abruptly). 



Soil (kind, depth, moisture ) 



Farm land (Yes) (If No give reasons why) 



Plot location (Compartment) (Sub. compt.) 



Size of plot Applies to 



(Signature of Examiner) 

 Date 



This is used in sample-plot work and in examination of wood-lots 

 where no topographic map is prepared. 



Each sheet covers, usually, 600 or 700 feet along the strip line. If 

 changes occur in quality of the site or in the forest composition a sepa- 

 rate sheet is written for each marked change in forest conditions. 

 For best results the work should be done by a third man in the crew ; 

 he should not do estimating or mapping. However, where the topo- 

 graphic work is easy and estimating slow, the topographer may be 

 able to carry on this forest description work. Or again, a third man 

 may be dispensed with if the estimator has but little to do. 



It was suggested that we include questions regarding tire hazards, 

 condition of roads and trails, opportunities for administrative sites, and 

 so on, but these we felt were hardly pertinent in this detailed set of 

 silvical questions. Such matters are general in scope and information 

 regarding them need not be gathered on the strip survey. 



One drawback to the use of this form is that it demands for suc- 

 cessful completion, such forest judgment that only technically trained 

 foresters can use it. This feature precludes its use by many of the 

 men that one is forced to use on forest survey jobs. 



