The transect is in open Douglas fir forest on the west 

 side of the ridge. Both ends of the transect are 

 marked by reinforcing bar pounded into the ground and 

 painted red on top. 



Line Bearing: Not recorded Line Length: 12 meters 



Instructions: Start at north end of transect; read west 



(downhill) side of transect line. 



Field Procedures 



At each site place the end ring of the meter-tape over the 

 start pin and stretch the tape to the end pin, making sure that 

 the tape is taut. Using a meter-stick and the meter-tape, record 

 the coordinates (in centimeters) for the center of each plant 

 that occurs along the line and within 50 cm of the line on the 

 west side. After the coordinates of each plant have been 

 recorded, its size is estimated using a 50 cm X 50 cm sheet of 

 clear plexiglass marked into a grid of sguares that are 4 cm X 4 

 cm each. Place this grid on top of the shoshonea cushion in a 

 random orientation and count the number of 1/4-squares that are 

 filled by green vegetation (Fig. 3). Many larger plants have 

 died out in the center; this dead region is not counted. 

 Finally, for each plant, count the number of inflorescences. 



