Name of Observers _______________________________________________________

Date __________________     Time of Day __________________

Habitat Type:

_________ #1 Old cinder cone, northern exposure
_________ #2 Old cinder cone, southern exposure
_________ #3 Old lava flow
_________ #4 Young lava flow
_________ #5 Young cinder cone, northern exposure
_________ #6 Young cinder cone, southern exposure

Environmental Conditions:

_________ Soil surface temperature
_________ Estimated percent of shaded ground
_________ Fuel moisture stick weight
_________ Relative humidity
_________ Air temperature
_________ Direction of slope
_________ Age of volcanic deposit

Describe the soil in terms of color and texture.

How many different species of plants are present? It does not matter if you can name them all; simply differentiate species from one another and count types.

How many individual plants are present within your study plot?

Identify the five most numerous species in your transect. What are they?

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Estimate percentages for the following types of ground cover:

_________ Bare ground
_________ Lichens
_________ Low growing plants (forbs, herbs, ferns, mosses, etc.)
_________ Shrubs
_________ Trees (estimate canopy cover)