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RESEARCH METHODS 



Specific Object of Plot _ 



Size of Plot 



Character of Site: 



Exposure Slope and Aspect Elevation. 



Soil 



(Origin, depth, humus, texture, indication of erosion, eto.) 



Soil moisture content 



(Spring) (Summer) (Autumn) 

 Vegetation: 



Type Density Associated species 



Predominating species 



History of Plot: 



Past 



(Cut over, grazed, burned, etc.) 



Present 



(Protected or subject to grazing) (Character of grazing and 



class of stock) 

 History of Range: 



Past 



(Grazing season) 



(Cut over, grazed, burned, etc.) 



(Overgrazed, undergrazed, moderately grazed) 



(Dates. of Grazing) (Methods of Handling Stock) 



Vigor and Life History of Vegetation: 



Growth luxuriant or weak 



Period of growth - From... To 



Time of flower stalk production 



Time of seed maturity : 



Size of seed crop Viability 



Was grazing advantageous or disastrous to reproduction? 



Was seed planted by stock? Were seedlings destroyed? 



SUMMARY OF PLOT DATA 



Total number of specimens 



Total number of forage specimens 



Total number of unpalatable specimens 



Total number of species 



Total number of forage species 



Total number of unpalatable species 



Increase in tufts: Palatable species; Unpalatable species 



Per cent of forage specimens 



Per cent Increment in all specimens 



Per cent increment in forage specimens 



Per cent increment in unpalatable specimens 



Per cent increment in tufts ■. , 



Increment per acre based upon plot , 



Estimated increase in carrying capacity based upon plot 



Fig. 124. —REVERSE SIDE OF SAMPLE-PLOT FORM USED IN CHARTING 

 VEGETATION. 



