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Site BM 1-2

 
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The location of BM 1-2 is located in the Bodie Mountain allotment at an elevation of 8,000 feet on a cold loamy bottom ecological site with 0 to 5 percent slope.  The key specie is needle and thread grass (Stipa comata) in a Sagebrush (Artemisia tridenta) vegetation community type.

BM 1-2 located in the Bodie Hills

BM 1-2 located in the Bodie Hills

 

1969

% Composition - 12.50

% Cover - 12.00

Seedlings - 1.00

% Litter - 2.50

Total - 17.69

BM 1-2 located in the Bodie Hills

 

 

1980

% Composition - 10.08

% Cover - 22.02

Seedlings - 0.00

% Litter - 0.65

Total - 32.75

BM 1-2 located in the Bodie Hills

 

1991

% Composition - 23.77

% Cover - 16.78

Seedlings - 11.00

% Litter - 24.75

Total - 76.30

BM 1-2 located in the Bodie Hills

2001

% Composition - 38.06

% Cover - 17.36

Seedlings - 1.00

% Litter - 37.87

Total - 94.29

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Last updated: 01-07-2011