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Sampling Vegetation Attributes Interagency Technical Reference Cooperative Extension Service U.S. Department of Agriculture — Forest Service — Natural Resource Conservation Service, Grazing Land Technology Institute U.S. Department of the Interior — Bureau of Land Management — 1996 Revised in 1997, and 1999 Supersedes BLM Technical Reference 4400-4, Trend Studies, dated May 1985 Edited, designed, and produced by the Bureau of Land Management’s National Applied Resource Sciences Center BLM/RS/ST-96/002+1730
TABLE OF CONTENTS SAMPLING VEGETATION ATTRIBUTES Interagency Technical Reference Bill Coulloudon Rangeland Management Spec. Bureau of Land Management Phoenix, Arizona Kris Eshelman (deceased) Rangeland Management Spec. Bureau of Land Management Reno, Nevada James Gianola Wildhorse and Burro Spec. Bureau of Land Management Carson City, Nevada Ned Habich Rangeland Management Spec. Bureau of Land Management Denver Colorado Lee Hughes Ecologist Bureau of Land Management St. George, Utah Curt Johnson Rangeland Management Spec. Forest Service Region 4 Ogden Utah Mike Pellant Rangeland Ecologist Bureau of Land Management Boise, Idaho By (In alphabetical order) Technical Reference 1734-4 copies available from Bureau of Land Management National Business Center BC-650B P.O. Box 25047 Denver, Colorado 80225-0047 Paul Podborny Wildlife Biologist Bureau of Land Management Ely, Nevada Allen Rasmussen Rangeland Management Spec. Cooperative Extension Service Utah State University Logan, UT Ben Robles Wildlife Biologist Bureau of Land Management Safford, Arizona Pat Shaver Natural Resource Conservation Service Rangeland Management Spec. Corvallis, Oregon John Spehar Rangeland Management Spec. Bureau of Land Management Rawlins, Wyoming John Willoughby State Biologist Bureau of Land Management Sacramento, California
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Page 7 and 8: I. PREFACE PREFACE The intent of th
Page 9 and 10: 2 INTRODUCTION values when individu
Page 11 and 12: 4 INTRODUCTION represent the “pul
Page 13 and 14: 6 INTRODUCTION G. Coordination Moni
Page 15 and 16: 8 STUDY DESIGN AND ANALYSIS A. Plan
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Page 19 and 20: 12 STUDY DESIGN AND ANALYSIS Becaus
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Page 27 and 28: 4 3.5 3 2.5 20 5 STUDY DESIGN AND A
Page 29 and 30: 22 STUDY DESIGN AND ANALYSIS C. Oth
Page 31 and 32: 24 ATTRIBUTES Frequency is the numb
Page 33 and 34: 26 ATTRIBUTES 2. Advantages and Lim
Page 35 and 36: 28 ATTRIBUTES b Standing crop and p
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Page 39 and 40: 32 METHODS—Photographs c Angle ir
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Page 45 and 46: 38 METHODS—Frequency • One tran
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METHODS—Frequency The frame is ma
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50 METHODS—Dry Weight Rank C. Dry
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52 METHODS—Dry Weight Rank After
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D. Daubenmire Method METHODS—Daub
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METHODS—Daubenmire b Ten Cover Cl
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Page of Daubenmire Study Number Dat
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50 cm Six Cover Class Frame 20 cm R
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METHODS—Line Intercept b Pilot St
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METHODS—Line Intercept Hanley, Th
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70 METHODS—Step Point F. Step-Poi
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72 METHODS—Step Point the boot an
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74 METHODS—Step Point measures AN
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78 METHODS—Point Intercept G. Poi
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80 METHODS—Point Intercept 8. Sam
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82 METHODS—Point Intercept b Tran
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METHODS—Point Intercept Examples
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86 METHODS—Cover Board H. Cover B
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88 METHODS—Cover Board g Study Do
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Page of Cover Board Method Profile
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94 METHODS—Density I. Density Met
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96 METHODS—Density (often very mu
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98 METHODS—Density able to make s
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Page of Density Study Number Date E
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• Herbage Yield Tables for Trees
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METHODS—Double Weight Sampling (4
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METHODS—Double Weight Sampling d
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Page of Production Study Number Dat
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112 METHODS—Harvest K. Harvest Me
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114 METHODS—Harvest 7. Taking Pho
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116 METHODS—Comparative Yield L.
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118 METHODS—Comparative Yield (1)
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120 METHODS—Comparative Yield Tab
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M. Visual Obstruction Method - Robe
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METHODS—Visual Obstruction—Robe
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Sampling Interval Study Location 1
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130 METHODS—Other N. Other Method
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132 GLOSSARY browse: (1) the part o
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134 GLOSSARY grazable woodland: for
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136 GLOSSARY sample: a set of sampl
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138 GLOSSARY
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140 REFERENCES Crocker, R.L. and N.
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142 REFERENCES Hironaka, M. 1985. F
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144 REFERENCES Nie, Norman H., C. H
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146 REFERENCES Society for Range Ma
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148 REFERENCES Whitman, W.C. and E.
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Location 150 APPENDIX A Study Locat
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APPENDIX B APPENDIX B—STUDY AND P
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APPENDIX B 3. Label 3 A placard on
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APPENDIX C Photo Identification Lab
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160 APPENDIX C
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162 APPENDIX D The formula for usin
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Form Approved OMB No. 0704-0188 Pub
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