Height Above Water (up to three-digit number) - height of 

 plot above stream or pond surface when water is at bank- 

 full stage (water at bank-full stage reaches lower limit 

 of terrestrial vegetation) . 



Distance from Water (up to three-digit number) - distance 

 from water at bank- full stage to nearest plot edge. 



GENERAL SITE DESCRIPTION 



Description (a "word picture") of the place where the sampled 

 community occurs. (Any specific information about the plot 

 itself should be written into the "Comments" field following 

 the "Ocular Plant Species Data") . Consider the setting of the 

 community occurrence in the surrounding landscape (including 

 landscape features and adjacent community types) . 



OCULAR PLANT SPECIES DATA 



This portion of the form is used for recording plant species 

 data by lifeform class, i.e., "Trees", "Shrubs", "Graminoids" , 

 and "Forbs". 



For all cover estimates, use the codes from the following 

 cover class table: 



PltlDL (two-digit code) 



Plant Identification Level - enter the two-digit number that 

 represents the percent of canopy cover equal to or greater 

 than which all plants are to be identified. For example, "5" 

 indicates that all plant species having 5% canopy cover or 

 greater would be recorded; "0" indicates all plant species 

 have been recorded. 



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