i)26 JOURNAL OF I'ORKSTK^ 



Outline for Pcntiatu-nt Sample-plot Report 



(Use standardized form for description of sample plot in the field.) 



1. Date cstablislicd and by ivhoiii. 



Ownership of land. 



2. Location. 



Township, lot, etc. Field-notes of boundaries. Field-notes of the trav- 

 erse to nearest known point. 



3. Safeguarding from molestation. 



Copy of letter to owner or his contractors, enlisting their co-operation. 

 .4. Protection from fire and record of damage. 



Record of any accidental fires or other damage that may occur after 

 plot is established, with date and intensity (in case of fire) or record of 

 cutting or windfall. 



5. Area. 



Acres. Dimensions. 



6. Elevations. 



Relative and above sea-level. 



7. Topography. 



8. Soil and rock outcrop, if any. 



9. Exposure. 



Protection from winds, character of surrounding lands— private, State, 

 cut-over, or virgin, etc. 



10. The forest. 



a. Original stand, composition, relative importance of species. 



b. Cutting, date and character, brush disposal, etc. 



c. Remaining stand, composition, density, occurrence. 

 Reproduction, density, occurrence, size, age, rate of growth, healtli. 



d. Underbrush. 



e. Ground cover. 



11. Damage (prior to establishment of plot). 



a. Fire. 



b. Grazing by stock or game. 



c. Fungi. 



d. Insects. 



c. Miscellaneous. 



12. Method of work. 



a. Date of instructions, followed with modifications noted. 



b. Personnel of party, with names. 



c. Instruments used. 



d. Volume tables and log rules used. 



13. List of photographs. 



14. Cost. 



Include salaries, subsidence for days actually worked on plot. Include 

 stakes and other material. 



15. Record of trees. 



a. Total number, with inclusive numbers. 



b. Lists of trees and slirubs. 



