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Exotic and perennial grass cover for pastures in the Soda Fire (2016)

Published by U.S. Geological Survey | Department of the Interior | Metadata Last Checked: January 27, 2026 | Last Modified: 2020-08-19T00:00:00Z
The point data file ("Soda Fire Point and Pasture Data (2016).Point Data.csv") includes 2016 vegetative cover values of exotic annual grass and perennial grass measured within three different types of plots for 75 pastures in the Soda Fire, which burned in 2015: 6m² plot using a grid-point intercept photo software, SamplePoint (Booth et al. 2006), 1m² quadrat using an unguided rapid ocular estimate in the field, 531m² circular plot using an unguided rapid ocular estimate in the field. Smaller plots were nested within larger plots. The pasture data file ("Soda Fire Point and Pasture Data (2016).Pasture Data.csv") includes pasture level metrics of area, elevation, precipitation, slope, heatload, soils, and herbicide treatments within the 75 pastures. Booth, D.T., Cox, S.E., and Berryman, R.D., 2006, Point sampling digital imagery with ‘SamplePoint’, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 123 (1-3): 97-108, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-005-9164-7.

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